Flower-Visiting Insects
of Biennial
Gaura
Gaura biennis (Biennial Gaura)
(Long-tongued bees collect pollen or suck nectar; short-tongued bees collect pollen & are non-pollinating; flies feed on pollen & are non-pollinating; observations are from Robertson)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn cp; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus impatiens cp, Bombus pensylvanica sn cp fq; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile mendica cp; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes bimaculata bimaculata sn cp
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum versatus cp np
Flies
Syrphidae: Eupeodes americanus fp np