Flower-Visiting Insects
and Birds
of Purple
Milkweed
Asclepias purpurascens (Purple Milkweed)
(Insects & hummingbirds suck nectar; observations are from Robertson, Betz, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)
With pollinia:
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera (Rb); Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora abrupta fq (Rb); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia rosae (Rb); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile mendica (Rb), Megachile addenda (Rb)
Flies
Conopidae: Physocephala tibialis (Rb); Tachinidae: Spallanzania hesperidarum (Rb)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Euphydryas phaeton (Rb), Speyeria cybele fq (Rb), Speyeria idalia (Rb), Vanessa atalanta (Rb), Vanessa virginiensis (Rb)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Thorybes pylades (Rb)
Without pollinia:
Birds
Trochilidae: Archilochus colubris (Rb)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus griseocollis (Rb), Bombus pensylvanicus (Rb), Bombus vagans; Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora ursina (Rb)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata (Rb), Augochlorella striata (Rb), Augochloropsis metallica metallica (Rb), Lasioglossum pectorale (Rb), Lasioglossum versatum (Rb)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Prionyx atrata (Rb)
Flies
Tachinidae: Copecrypta ruficauda (Rb)
Butterflies
Lycaenidae: Everes comyntas (Rb), Lycaena hyllus (Rb), Satyrium acadicum (Rb), Satyrium calanus (Rb); Pieridae: Colias philodice (Rb); Papilionidae: Battus philenor (Rb), Papilio cresphontes (Rb), Papilio glaucus (Rb), Papilio troilus (Rb)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Poanes hobomok (Rb), Polites origenes (Rb), Polites peckius (Rb), Polites themistocles (Rb), Pompeius verna (Rb)
Beetles
Cerambycidae: Tetraopes tetrophthalmus (Rb)
Plant Bugs
Lygaeidae: Oncopeltus fasciatus (Rb)
Pollinia Presence Unspecified:
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera (Btz); Apidae (Bombinae): Bombus impatiens (WR), Bombus pensylvanicus (Btz); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica (WR); Megachilidae (Trypetini): Heriades carinatus (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata (WR)
Ants
Formicidae (Formicinae): Lasius alienus np (WR)
Flies
Conopidae: Physocephala tibialis (WR)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Phyciodes tharos (WR), Speyeria cybele (WR)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (WR); Chrysomelidae: Diabrotica cristata (WR); Mordellidae: Mordella marginata (WR), Mordellistena rufiventris (WR)