Flower-Visiting Insects
of Clammy Cuphea


Cuphea viscosissima (Clammy Cuphea)
(Short-tongued bees collect pollen or suck nectar, while long-tongued bees suck nectar; observations are from Robertson)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus pensylvanica sn fq; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes bimaculata bimaculata sn fq

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata sn cp np


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