Flower-Visiting Insects
and Birds
of Sawtooth
Sunflower
Helianthus grosseserratus (Sawtooth Sunflower)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies suck nectar or feed on pollen, beetles feed on nectar or feed on pollen or gnaw on floral tissue, plant bugs suck nectar or feed on floral tissue, other insects and the hummingbird suck nectar. Ants, a leaf beetle, and a leafhopper also feed on nectar from extrafloral nectaries on the petioles of leaves. Observations are from Robertson, Krombein et al., Lisberg & Young, Williams, Wilhelm & Rericha, and Rightmyer as indicated below.)
Birds
Trochilidae: Archilochus colubris sn (WR)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera sn fq (Rb, WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus auricomus sn (Rb), Bombus fervidus (WR), Bombus fraternus sn fq (Rb), Bombus griseocollis sn (Rb, WR), Bombus impatiens sn (Rb, WR), Bombus pensylvanicus sn fq (Rb), Bombus vagans sn (Rb), Psithyrus citrinus sn (WR), Psithyrus variabilis sn fq (Rb); Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora walshii sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla (WR), Ceratina mikmaqi (WR); Anthophoridae (Epeolini): Triepeolus concavus sn fq (Rb), Triepeolus cressonii sn fq (Rb), Triepeolus donatus sn (Rb), Triepeolus helianthi sn fq (Rb, WR, Rtm); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes agilis sn cp fq olg (Rb, WR), Melissodes bimaculata sn cp (Rb, WR), Melissodes boltoniae sn cp fq (Rb), Melissodes coloradensis sn cp fq (Rb), Melissodes denticulata sn (WR), Melissodes dentiventris sn cp fq (Rb), Melissodes menuachus sn (Rb), Melissodes nivea sn (Rb), Melissodes rustica sn (Rb), Melissodes trinodis sn cp fq (Rb, WR), Svastra obliqua sn cp fq (Rb); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada vincta sn fq (Rb, WR); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica (WR); Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys rufitarsis sn fq (Rb); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis sn cp (Rb), Megachile inimica sayi sn cp (Rb, WR), Megachile latimanus sn cp fq (Rb, WR), Megachile petulans (WR), Megachile pugnata (WR), Megachile rotundata (WR), Megachile texana sn (Rb)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Dufoureinae): Dufourea marginata sn cp fq olg (Rb, WR); Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericeus sn cp (Rb), Agapostemon texanus sn (Rb, WR), Agapostemon virescens sn (Rb, WR), Augochlorella aurata (WR), Halictus confusus (WR), Halictus ligatus sn cp fq (Rb, WR), Halictus rubicundus (WR), Lasioglossum anomalum (WR), Lasioglossum versatum cp (Rb), Lasioglossum viridatum (WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena accepta sn cp fq olg (Rb, Kr, WR), Andrena duplicata cp olg (Kr, WR), Andrena helianthi sn cp fq olg (Rb, Kr, WR); Andrenidae (Panurginae): Heterosarus solidaginis sn cp fq (Rb), Perdita bequaerti (WR), Pseudopanurgus labrosus cp olg (WR)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Bembicinae): Bembix americana sn (Rb), Bembix nubilipennis sn (Rb); Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Prionyx atratus (Rb); Vespidae (Polistinae): Polistes fuscatus sn (WR); Vespidae (Vespinae): Vespula maculifrons sn (WR)
Ants
Formicidae (Dolichoderinae): Dolichoderus mariae sn@exfl (WR), Dolichoderus plagiatus sn np (WR), Dolichoderus pustulatus sn sn@exfl np (WR); Formicidae (Formicinae): Camponotus americanus sn@exfl np (WR), Camponotus discolor sn@exfl np (WR), Camponotus noveboracensis sn@exfl np (WR), Formica incerta sn sn@exfl np (WR), Formica montana sn sn@exfl np (WR), Formica pallidefulva sn np (WR), Formica subsericea sn sn@exfl np (WR), Lasius alienus sn@exfl np (WR); Formicidae (Myrmicinae): Crematogaster cerasi sn@exfl np (WR), Myrmica AF-scu sn@exfl np (WR), Myrmica AF-smi sn@exfl np (WR), Myrmica fracticornis sn@exfl np (WR)
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis stipator fq (Rb, WR), Eristalis tenax (Rb), Eristalis transversa fq (Rb, WR), Eupeodes americanus (Rb, WR), Helophilus fasciatus (Rb), Helophilus latifrons (Rb), Spilomyia longicornis (WR), Syrphus ribesii (Rb), Toxomerus marginatus (WR); Bombyliidae: Exoprosopa decora sn (Rb), Sparnopolius confusus sn fq (Rb, WR), Systoechus vulgaris sn fq (Rb); Conopidae: Robertsonomyia palpalis sn (Rb); Tachinidae: Uramya pristis sn (Rb); Muscidae: Neomyia cornicina sn (Rb); Anthomyiidae: Leucophora siphonina sn fq (Rb)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Chlosyne nycteis sn (WR), Danaus plexippus sn fq (Rb, WR), Euptoieta claudia sn (Rb), Junonia coenia sn (WR), Phyciodes tharos sn (WR), Speyeria cybele sn (Rb), Speyeria idalia sn (Rb), Vanessa cardui sn fq (Rb), Vanessa virginiensis sn (Rb); Pieridae: Colias cesonia sn (Rb), Colias philodice sn (Rb); Papilionidae: Battus philenor sn (Rb)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Atalopedes campestris sn (WR), Epargyreus clarus sn (WR), Hylephila phyleus sn (WR)
Moths
Arctiidae: Utetheisa bella sn (Rb); Ctenuchidae: Cisseps fulvicollis sn (Rb); Noctuidae: Anagrapha falcifera sn (Rb)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus sn (Rb, Wms); Chrysomelidae: Diabrotica cristata gnw np (WR), Diabrotica longicornis fp np (Rb), Diabrotica undecimpunctata fp gnw np (Rb, WR), Exema dispar sn@exfl np (WR), Luperaltica nigripalpis (WR); Mordellidae: Mordellistena divisa (LY)
Plant Bugs
Lygaeidae: Lygaeus turcicus (WR); Miridae: Lygus lineolaris (WR), Plagiognathus politus (WR); Phymatidae: Phymata fasciata prd (Rb); Rhyparochromidae: Ligyrocoris diffusus (WR)
Sucking Insects
Cicadellidae: Graphocephala coccinea sn@exfl np (WR)