Flower-Visiting Insects
of Tall Green Milkweed


Asclepias hirtella (Tall Green Milkweed)
(Insects suck nectar; observations are from Robertson, Betz, Williams, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)

With pollinia:

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera (Rb); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus fraternus fq (Rb), Bombus griseocollis fq (Rb, WR), Bombus impatiens (WR); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile mendica (Rb), Megachile texana (Rb)

Wasps
Sphecidae (Bembicinae): Bembix nubilipennis fq (Rb); Sphecidae (Philanthinae): Cerceris bicornuta (Rb); Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Prionyx atrata (Rb); Pompilidae: Entypus unifasciatus (Rb)

Beetles
Scarabaeidae: Trichiotinus piger (Rb)

Without pollinia:

Bees (long-tongued)
Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis brevis (Rb)

Wasps
Sphecidae (Philanthinae): Cerceris compar (Rb); Tiphiidae: Myzinum quinquecinctum (Rb); Vespidae: Polistes fuscatus (Rb); Vespidae (Eumeninae): Euodynerus annulatus (Rb); Braconidae: Crassomicrodus divisus (Rb)

Butterflies
Lycaenidae: Lycaena hyllus (Rb)

Moths
Ctenuchidae: Cisseps fulvicollis fq (Rb)

Pollinia Presence Unspecified:

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus affinis (Btz), Bombus griseocollis (Btz)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella persimilis (WR), Lasioglossum fedorense (WR)

Ants
Formicidae (Dolichoderinae): Dolichoderus mariae np (WR), Dolichoderus pustulatus np (WR); Formicidae (Formicinae): Formica incerta np (WR), Lasius alienus np (WR)

Beetles
Cantharidae:
Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Wms)


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