Flower-Visiting Insects
of Fleabane


Erigeron sp. (Fleabane)
(Wasps and cuckoo bees suck nectar, otherwise insect activity is unspecified; information is limited to beetles, bees, and wasps; observations are from Lisberg & Young, Smith et al., O'Brien, and Rightmyer)

Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (Smh); Anthophoridae (Epeolini): Triepeolus pectoralis sn (Rtm); Megachilidae (Trypetini): Heriades leavitti (Smh)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella gratiosa (Smh), Halictus ligatus (Smh)

Wasps
Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila urnaria sn (OB)

Beetles
Mordellidae: Mordellistena cervicalis (LY), Mordellistena rubrilabris (LY), Mordellistena rufilabris (LY)


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