Flower-Visiting Insects
of Harebells


Campanula rotundifolia (Harebells)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, the Syrphid fly probably feeds on pollen and it is non-pollinating, the butterfly probably sucks nectar. Observations are from Reed, Swengel & Swengel, Grundel et al., and Stevens as indicated below.)

Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina strenua (Gnd); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile addenda (Gnd), Megachile campanulae (Gnd), Megachile latimanus (Re, Stv), Megachile melanophaea (Stv)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella striata (Re); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes brevicornis (Re)

Flies
Syrphidae: Toxomerus marginatus fp np (Re)

Butterflies
Lycaenidae: Lycaeides melissa samuelis sn (Sw)


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