Flower-Visiting Insects
of Flowering
Spurge
Euphorbia corollata (Flowering Spurge)
(Bees collect pollen or suck nectar, other insects suck nectar; most observations are from Robertson, otherwise they are from Grundel & Pavlovic, Herms, or Petersen as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus fervidus (Pt)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Halictus confusus sn, Halictus rubicunda (Pt), Lasioglossum imitatus sn, Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus sn cp, Lasioglossum versatus sn cp fq; Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes dichroa sn fq icp; Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis sn, Hylaeus mesillae sn
Wasps
Sphecidae (Bembicinae): Stizus brevipennis; Sphecidae (Crabroninae): Anacrabro ocellatus, Ectemnius dilectus, Lindenius columbianus, Oxybelus packardii, Oxybelus uniglumis; Sphecidae (Larrinae): Ancistromma distincta; Sphecidae (Pemphredoninae): Mimesa denticulata; Sphecidae (Philanthinae): Eucerceris zonata; Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Prionyx atrata, Sceliphron caementaria; Vespidae: Polistes dorsalis, Polistes fuscata; Vespidae (Eumeninae): Ancistrocerus campestris; Tiphiidae: Myzinum quinquecincta fq; Pompilidae: Anoplius nigritus; Entypus fulvicornis; Chrysididae: Hedychrum wiltii, Holopyga ventrale; Leucospididae: Leucospis affinis; Ichneumonidae: Ceratogastra ornata
Flies
Syrphidae: Allograpta obliqua fq, Orthonevra nitida, Paragus bicolor, Paragus tibialis, Sphaerophoria contiqua fq, Syritta pipiens fq, Toxomerus politus, Trichopsomyia banksi; Bombyliidae: Exoprosopa fasciata, Exoprosopa fascipennis, Villa alternata; Tachinidae: Gymnoclytia immaculata fq, Phasia aeneoventris, Phasia purpurascens, Trichopoda pennipes; Sarcophagidae: Amobia aurifrons, Helicobia rapax, Sphixapata trilineata fq; Muscidae: Morellia micans, Neomyia cornicina
Butterflies
Lycaenidae: Lycaeides melissa samuelis (GP, Hm); Pieridae: Pontia protodice
Plant Bugs
Coreidae: Chariesterus antennator