Flower-Visiting Insects
of Yellow
Pimpernel
Taenidia integerrima (Yellow Pimpernel)
(Short-tongued bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen; beetles feed on nectar or pollen; flies suck nectar, unless otherwise indicated; other insects suck nectar. Some observations are from Krombein et al., MacRae, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below, otherwise observations are from Robertson. Information about oligolegy of bees is from Krombein et al.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera sn; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus griseocollis sn; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata sn (Rb, WR), Ceratina dupla dupla sn (Rb, WR); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada affabilis sn, Nomada articulata sn, Nomada cressonii sn, Nomada cuneata sn, Nomada denticulata sn, Nomada luteola sn, Nomada ovata sn, Nomada sayi sn; Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis pilosifrons sn, Osmia lignaria lignaria sn
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura sn, Augochlorella aurata sn cp fq (Rb, WR), Augochlorella striata sn, Augochloropsis metallica metallica sn, Halictus confusus sn fq, Halictus ligatus sn fq, Lasioglossum foxii sn cp, Lasioglossum imitatum sn cp fq (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum macoupinense sn cp, Lasioglossum pectorale sn, Lasioglossum tegulare sn, Lasioglossum versatum sn cp, Lasioglossum zephyrum sn; Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes dichrous sn, Sphecodes pimpinellae sn, Sphecodes ranunculi sn, Sphecodes stygius sn; Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes aestivalis sn; Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis sn (Rb, WR), Hylaeus illinoisensis sn (Rb, WR), Hylaeus mesillae sn fq (Rb, WR), Hylaeus modestus modestus sn fq, Hylaeus saniculae sn, Hylaeus sparsus (WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena crataegi sn cp, Andrena cressonii sn cp, Andrena heraclei sn, Andrena hippotes (WR), Andrena imitatrix imitatrix sn cp, Andrena nasonii sn cp fq, Andrena nuda sn, Andrena personata sn cp fq, Andrena robertsonii sn cp, Andrena ziziae sn cp fq olg (Rb, Kr)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Crabroninae): Ectemnius lapidarius, Ectemnius scaber (WR), Ectemnius trifasciatus, Lestica confluenta; Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila kennedyi, Chalybion californicum, Sceliphron caementarium; Vespidae (Eumeninae): Ancistrocerus adiabatus, Eumenes fraternus, Euodynerus foraminatus, Leionotus scrophulariae (Rb, MS), Stenodynerus ammonia, Stenodynerus anormis, Stenodynerus foraminatus, Stenodynerus histrionalis, Stenodynerus oculeus, Symmorphus canadensis; Tiphiidae: Tiphia letalis; Pompilidae: Anoplius illinoensis; Chrysididae: Chrysis intricata; Gasteruptiidae: Gasteruption assectator; Ichneumonidae: Diadegma obscurus, Ophionellus virginiensis
Flies
Stratiomyidae: Nemotelus glaber; Syrphidae: Cheilosia hoodiana, Eristalis arbustorum, Eupeodes americanus, Ocyptamus fuscipennis, Orthonevra nitida, Sphaerophoria contiqua, Syritta pipiens fq, Syrphus ribesii, Toxomerus geminatus, Toxomerus marginatus; Empidae: Empis clausa, Empis levicula; Bombyliidae: Hemipenthes sinuosa fp, Toxophora amphitea; Conopidae: Thecophora occidensis, Zodion fulvifrons; Tachinidae: Copecrypta ruficauda, Cylindromyia euchenor, Cylindromyia fumipennis, Gymnoclytia occidua, Leucostoma gravipes, Linnaemya comta, Tachinomyia panaetius; Sarcophagidae: Helicobia rapax; Calliphoridae: Lucilia sericata; Muscidae: Bithoracochaeta leucoprocta; Sepsidae: Sepsis violacea; Platystomatidae: Rivellia pallida; Lauxaniidae: Camptoprosopella vulgaris; Chloropidae: Hippelates plebejus, Homaluroides mellea, Thaumatomyia glabra
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Chlosyne nycteis
Beetles
Buprestidae: Acmaeodera ornata (McR); Chrysomelidae: Althaeus hibisci, Babia quadriguttata, Sennius abbreviatus; Curculionidae: Centrinites strigicollis, Cylindridia prolixa; Histeridae: Phelister subrotundus; Melyridae: Malachius erichsonii; Mordellidae: Mordella marginata, Mordellistena aspersa
Plant Bugs
Thyreocoridae: Corimelaena lateralis (Rb, WR)