Flower-Visiting Insects
of Blue Woodland
Lettuce
Lactuca floridana (Blue Woodland Lettuce)
(Bees suck nectar, collect pollen, or feed on pollen; other insects suck nectar; all observations are from Robertson)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn cp fq; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus auricomus sn, Bombus impatiens sn cp; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes boltoniae sn, Svastra obliqua obliqua sn fq
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Halictus ligatus sn cp, Lasioglossum imitatus cp np, Lasioglossum pectoralis cp np, Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus cp np; Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes americana sn; Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis fp np
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus sn fq