Flower-Visiting Insects
of Yellow Star Grass
Hypoxis hirsuta (Yellow Star Grass)
(Bees collect pollen, other insects feed on pollen or gnaw on floral tissue; observations are from Robertson, MacRae, Grundel et al., and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata cp (Gnd), Ceratina dupla dupla cp (Rb, WR), Ceratina mikmaqi cp (Gnd); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia atriventris cp (Rb), Osmia distincta cp (Rb), Osmia illinoensis cp fq (Rb)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata cp fq (Rb), Halictus ligatus cp (Rb), Lasioglossum anomalum cp (Rb), Lasioglossum coriaceum cp (Rb), Lasioglossum cressonii cp (Rb), Lasioglossum imitatum cp (Rb), Lasioglossum pectorale cp (Rb), Lasioglossum tegulare cp (Rb), Lasioglossum versatum cp (Rb); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena ceanothi (WR)
Flies
Syrphidae: Sphaerophoria contiqua fp (Rb), Toxomerus marginatus fp (Rb)
Beetles
Buprestidae: Acmaeodera neglecta fp (McR), Acmaeodera ornata fp (McR), Acmaeodera tubulus fp (Rb, McR); Curculionidae: Centrinites strigicollis gnw np (WR)