Flower-Visiting Insects
of Pale
Beardtongue
Penstemon pallidus (Pale Beardtongue)
(Long-tongued bees suck nectar or collect pollen, while short-tongued bees collect pollen only; observations are from Petersen, Clinebell & Bernhardt, and Crosswhite & Crosswhite)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn (CB); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus auricomus sn (CB), Bombus bimaculatus sn (CB), Bombus pensylvanica sn (CB); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina spp. cp (CB); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia rosae sn (CB); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis pilosifrons cp fq (CB), Hoplitis producta cp (CB), Osmia spp. cp fq (CB), Osmia atriventris (CC), Osmia distincta cp olg (CC), Osmia pumila (CC)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella striata cp (CB), Halictus rubicunda (Pt), Lasioglossum sp. cp (CB)