Flower-Visiting Insects
of Fireweed


Epilobium angustifolium (Fireweed)
(A scientific synonym of this plant is Chamerion angustifolium. Butterflies sucks nectar, otherwise insect activity is unspecified; information is limited. Observations are from from Mitchell, Williams, Lovell, Voss, and Stevens as indicated below.)

Bees (long-tongued)
Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile centuncularis (Mch), Megachile latimanus (Stv)

Butterflies
Papilionidae: Papilio glaucus sn (V); Nymphalidae: Speyeria cybele sn (V)

Beetles
Cantharidae:
Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Wms), Rhagonycha scitula (Lv2); Cerambycidae: Clytus ruricola (Lv2)


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