Flower-Visiting Insects & Birds
of Common
Evening Primrose
Oenothera biennis (Common Evening Primrose)
(Bees collect pollen or suck nectar as indicated below; hummingbirds & moths suck nectar; most observations are from Robertson, otherwise they are from Moure & Hurd as indicated below)
Birds
Trochilidae: Archilochus colubris sn fq
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn cp fq; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus pensylvanica sn cp fq; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Anthedonia compta sn cp fq olg, Melissodes bimaculata bimaculata cp, Svastra obliqua obliqua cp; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile mendica cp
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon virescens cp, Lasioglossum oenotherae cp olg (MH); Halictidae (Nomiidae): Nomia nortoni nortoni cp
Moths
Sphingidae: Hyles lineata sn