Flower-Visiting Insects
of Cup
Plant
Silphium perfoliatum (Cup Plant)
(Bees collect pollen or suck nectar; flies feed on pollen & are non-pollinating, or they suck nectar; other insects suck nectar; a pair of observations are from Moure & Hurd and Krombein et al. as indicated below, otherwise observations are from Robertson)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn cp fq; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus fraternus sn, Bombus griseocallis sn, Bombus impatiens sn cp fq, Bombus pensylvanica sn cp fq, Bombus vagans sn cp fq; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn cp fq; Anthophoridae (Epeolini): Triepeolus concavus sn, Triepeolus lunatus concolor sn fq, Triepeolus lunatus lunatus sn, Triepeolus remigata sn fq, Triepeolus simplex sn; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes agilis sn fq, Melissodes bimaculata bimaculata sn, Melissodes coloradensis sn cp, Melissodes denticulata sn fq, Melissodes rustica sn, Melissodes trinodis sn fq, Melissodes vernoniae sn, Svastra obliqua obliqua sn cp; Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys germana sn; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis brevis sn cp, Megachile inimica sayi sn, Megachile mendica sn cp, Megachile petulans sn cp fq, Megachile pugnatus sn cp fq
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea sn cp, Agapostemon splendens sn, Agapostemon virescens sn cp fq, Augochlorella striata sn, Halictus ligatus sn cp, Halictus rubicunda sn, Lasioglossum imitatus cp np fq, Lasioglossum pectoralis cp np, Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus cp np fq, Lasioglossum versatus cp np; Halictidae (Nomiinae): Nomia triangulifera (MH); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena accepta sn fq, Andrena aliciae sn, Andrena helianthi (Kr); Andrenidae (Panurginae): Heterosarus labrosiformis labrosiformis sn fq, Pseudopanurgus rugosus sn
Wasps
Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila procera; Vespidae: Polistes dorsalis; Scoliidae: Scolia bicincta
Flies
Syrphidae: Allograpta obliqua fp np, Eristalis tenax sn, Milesia virginiensis fp np; Bombyliidae: Exoprosopa fasciata sn, Poecilanthrax alcyon sn, Sparnopolius confusus sn, Systoechus vulgaris fq sn, Villa alternata fp np; Conopidae: Zodion obliquefasciatum sn; Tachinidae: Archytas aterrima sn
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Chlosyne nycteis, Danaus plexippus, Limenitis archippus, Limenitis arthemis astyanax, Polygonia interrogationis, Vanessa atalanta, Vanessa cardui, Vanessa virginiensis; Lycaenidae: Lycaena hyllus; Pieridae: Colias philodice, Pieris rapae, Pontia protodice; Papilionidae: Battus philenor, Papilio cresphontes, Papilio glaucus, Papilio troilus
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Anatrytone logan, Epargyreus clarus, Pholisora catullus, Poanes zabulon, Polites themistocles