Flower-Visiting Insects
of Great Blue
Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica (Great Blue Lobelia)
(Long-tongued bees collect pollen or suck nectar; short-tongued bees collect pollen & are non-pollinating; butterflies suck nectar; observations are from Robertson, LaBerge, and Macior as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus affinis fq (Mc), Bombus auricomus (Mc), Bombus fervida fq (Mc), Bombus griseocallis sn (Rb, Mc), Bombus impatiens sn cp fq (Rb, Mc), Bombus pensylvanica sn cp fq (Rb, Mc), Bombus vagans sn cp (Rb, Mc); Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora walshii sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes bimaculata bimaculata (LB), Svastra obliqua obliqua (LB)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella striata cp np (Rb), Lasioglossum coriaceus cp np (Rb), Lasioglossum versatus cp np (Rb)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Danaus plexippus sn (Rb); Papilionidae: Battus philenor sn (Rb)