Flower-Visiting Insects
of Creeping Wood Sorrel


Oxalis corniculata (Creeping Wood Sorrel) introduced
(Bees suck nectar or collect pollen; flies suck nectar and/or feed on pollen; other insects suck nectar; observations are from Robertson)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn; Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis pilosifrons sn, Osmia pumila sn cp

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Halictus confusus sn, Halictus ligatus sn, Lasioglossum albipennis sn cp, Lasioglossum foxii sn cp, Lasioglossum pectoralis sn cp, Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus sn cp fq, Lasioglossum pruinosus sn cp fq, Lasioglossum tegularis sn cp, Lasioglossum versatus sn cp

Flies
Syrphidae: Toxomerus geminatus sn fp

Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Phyciodes tharos sn fq; Pieridae: Pieris rapae sn, Pontia protodice sn

Skippers
Hesperiidae: Pholisora catullus sn


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