Flower-Visiting Insects
of Sensitive
Brier
Schrankia nuttallii (Sensitive Brier)
(Also referred to as Mimosa quadrivalvis & Schrankia uncinata; bees collect pollen or explore the flowers, the bee fly and beetle feed on pollen or explore the flowers, the butterfly explores the flowers; the flowers lack nectar; most observations are from Bernhardt, otherwise observations are from Mitchell, Moure & Hurd, LaBerge, MacRae, and Kopper et al.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera cp (Bht); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus griseocallis cp fq (Bht), Bombus nevadensis cp (Bht), Bombus pensylvanica cp fq (Bht); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes agilis cp (Mch), Svastra obliqua obliqua cp (LB); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica cp (Bht); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile addenda cp (Bht), Megachile brevis brevis cp (Bht), Megachile montivaga cp (Bht); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis pilosifrons cp (Bht)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella persimilis cp fq (Bht), Augochlorella striata cp fq (MH, Bht), Augochloropsis sumptuosa cp fq (MH, Bht), Augochloropsis sumptuosa cp fq (Bht), Halictus ligatus cp (Bht), Halictus parallelus cp (Bht), Lasioglossum sp. cp (Bht), Lasioglossum albipennis cp (Bht), Lasioglossum bruneri cp (MH), Lasioglossum illinoensis cp (Bht), Lasioglossum nymphaearum exp (Bht), Lasioglossum versatus cp fq (Bht); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes kincaidii cp fq (Bht); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus sp. cp (Bht)
Flies
Bombyliidae: Unidentified sp. fp/exp (Bht)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Speyeria idalia exp (KMC)
Beetles
Buprestidae: Acmaeodera tubulus fp/exp (McR)