Flower-Visiting Insects
of Orange Hawkweed


Hieracium aurantiacum (Orange Hawkweed) introduced
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, beetles suck nectar and/or feed on pollen, butterflies and skippers suck nectar; observations are from Swengel & Swengel, Williams, Voss, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata sn cp (WR)

Butterflies
Papilionidae: Papilio glaucus sn (V); Nymphalidae: Boloria selene sn (V), Phyciodes tharos sn (V), Speyeria aphrodite sn (V); Lycaenidae: Lycaeides melissa samuelis sn fq (Sw), Lycaena phlaeas americana sn (V), Plebejus saepiolus sn (V); Pieridae: Colias eurytheme sn (V), Colias interior sn (V), Colias philodice sn (V)

Skippers
Hesperiidae: Polites mystic sn (V), Polites themistocles sn (V)

Beetles
Cantharidae:
Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Wms)


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