Flower-Visiting Insects
of Downy Skullcap


Scutellaria incana (Downy Skullcap)
(Bumblebees collect pollen or suck nectar; beetle activity is unspecified; other insects suck nectar & are non-pollinating; wasps suck nectar by perforating the flower, while short-tongued bees suck nectar from these perforations [sn@prf]; most observations are from Robertson, although some observations are from Hilty and MacRae as indicated below)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus auricomus sn, Bombus griseocallis sn, Bombus impatiens sn cp, Bombus pensylvanica sn cp fq, Bombus vagans sn cp; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn fq np

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella striata sn@prf np, Lasioglossum imitatus sn@prf np, Lasioglossum versatus sn@prf np

Wasps
Vespidae (Eumeninae): Euodynerus foraminatus prf sn@prf np

Flies
Bombyliidae: Exoprosopa fasciata sn np

Butterflies
Pieridae: Pieris rapae sn np (H)

Skippers
Hesperiidae: Epargyreus clarus sn np, Poanes zabulon sn np

Beetles
Buprestidae: Acmaeodera tubulus (McR)


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