Flower-Visiting Insects
of Purple Giant Hyssop


Agastache scrophulariaefolia (Purple Giant Hyssop)
(Long-tongued bees suck nectar or collect pollen; flies and beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen; observations are from Robertson, Graenicher, and Williams)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn fq (Rb); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus auricomus cp (Rb), Bombus pensylvanica sn cp fq (Rb); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile mendica sn (Rb)

Flies
Syrphidae: Heringia salax (Gr); Bombyliidae: Exoprosopa fasciata sn fq (Rb)

Beetles
Cantharidae:
Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Wms)


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