Flower-Visiting Insects
of Small Wild Bean


Strophostyles leiosperma (Small Wild Bean)
(Bees visit flowers for nectar; ants & short-tongued bees visit extra-floral nectaries for nectar; observations are from Robertson)

Visit flowers:

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus pensylvanica sn; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis brevis sn

Bees (short-tongued)
Andrenidae (Panurginae): Calliopsis andreniformis sn

Visit extra-floral nectaries:

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum imitatus sn, Lasioglossum versatus sn

Ants
Formicidae: Formica schaufussi sn fq


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