Flower-Visiting Insects
of Blue Wild
Indigo
Baptisia australis (Blue Wild Indigo)
(Bumblebees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, short-tongued bees probably collect stray pollen & are non-pollinating; observations are from Hilty, Petersen, and Wilhelm & Rericha; the observations of Wilhelm & Rericha refer specifically to Baptisia australis minor)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus sp. (H), Bombus bimaculatus sn cp (WR), Bombus impatiens sn cp (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Halictus ligatus (Pt)