Flower-Visiting Insects
of Creeping Smartweed


Persicaria longiseta (Creeping Smartweed) introduced
(bees primarily suck nectar, although they may occasionally collect pollen; wasps suck nectar; observations are from Wilhelm & Rericha)

Bees (long-tongued)
Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile mendica (WR)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura pura (WR)

Wasps
Sphecidae (Philanthinae): Cerceris insolita sn (WR)


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