Flower-Visiting Insects
of Cut-Leaved
Toothwort
Dentaria laciniata (Cut-Leaved Toothwort)
(Bees suck nectar or collect pollen, while flies and beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen; other insects suck nectar; most observations are from Robertson, otherwise they are from Krombein et al., Schemske et al., and MacRae as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn cp fq (Rb, Shm); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus bimaculatus sn, Bombus griseocallis sn (Rb, Shm), Bombus impatiens, Bombus pensylvanica sn; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia belfragii sn; Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada cressonii sn, Nomada cuneatus sn, Nomada dentariae sn fq, Nomada illinoiensis sn, Nomada integerrima sn, Nomada luteola sn fq, Nomada ovatus sn, Nomada sayi sn fq, Nomada sulphurata sn fq; Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia bucephala bucephala sn, Osmia lignaria lignaria sn, Osmia pumila sn
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea sn, Halictus confusus (Shm), Halictus ligatus sn, Halictus rubicunda sn, Lasioglossum foxii sn, Lasioglossum imitatus sn cp, Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus sn cp, Lasioglossum versatus sn; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena arabis (Kr), Andrena carlini sn fq (Rb, Shm), Andrena cressonii sn, Andrena erigeniae sn (Kr, Shm), Andrena forbesii (Kr), Andrena hippotes (Kr), Andrena imitatrix imitatrix (Kr), Andrena miserabilis bipunctata sn, Andrena pruni sn, Andrena rugosa sn (Rb, Kr, Shm), Andrena sayi sn fq, Andrena tridens sn
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis dimidiatus (Shm), Helophilus fasciatus (Shm), Melanostoma sp. (Shm), Sphaerophoria contiqua fp np, Syrphus sp. (Shm), Syrphus torvus (Shm); Bombyliidae: Bombylius major sn
Butterflies
Lycaenidae: Everes comyntas sn; Papilionidae: Papilio marcellus sn
Beetles
Brachypteridae: Boreades abdominalis fp fq np; Buprestidae: Acmaeodera neglecta (McR), Acmaeodera tubulus (McR)