Flower-Visiting Insects
of Fringed Gentian


Gentianopsis crinita (Fringed Gentian)
(Bumblebees usually suck nectar, and less often collect pollen; observations are from Costelloe and Wilhelm & Rericha)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn/cp (WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus fervidus sn cp (Cst), Bombus impatiens sn cp fq (Cst, WR), Bombus perplexus sn cp (Cst), Bombus vagans sn cp fq (Cst); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata sn/cp (WR)

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

Ants
Formicidae (Myrmicinae): Monomorium minimum sn np (WR)

Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus fp (WR)


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