Flower-Visiting Insects
of Blunt-Lobed
Hepatica
Hepatica americana (Blunt-Lobed Hepatica)
(bees mostly collect pollen, although some merely explore the flowers; flies usually feed on pollen, although some merely explore the flowers; according to Motten, the flowers of this plant don't provide nectar; observations are from Motten)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera cp; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus bimaculatus cp; Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada spp. exp
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum spp. cp, Lasioglossum macoupinensis cp fq; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena carlini cp, Andrena erigeniae exp, Andrena nigrihirta cp fq, Andrena tridens cp fq
Flies
Syrphidae: Toxomerus geminatus fp; Bombyliidae: Bombylius major exp/fp fq; Anthomyiidae: Delia platura fp fq; Tachinidae: Gonia sp. exp/fp