Flower-Visiting
Insects
of Groundnut
Apios americana (Groundnut)
(bees suck nectar or collect pollen, wasps suck nectar, ants explore the exterior of flowers and they are non-pollinating; observations are from Robertson and Wilhelm & Rericha)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn/cp (WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus auricomus sn/cp (WR), Bombus bimaculatus sn/cp (WR), Bombus fervidus sn/cp (WR), Bombus impatiens sn/cp (WR); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes bimaculata sn/cp (WR); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis brevis sn cp (Rb), Megachile campanulae sn/cp (WR), Megachile mendica sn/cp fq (Rb, WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura pura sn/cp exp (WR)
Wasps
Vespidae (Polistinae): Polistes fuscatus sn (WR); Vespidae (Vespinae): Dolichovespula maculata sn (WR)
Ants
Formicidae (Formicinae): Camponotus pennsylvanicus exp np (WR), Formica pallidefulva exp np (WR), Formica subsericea exp np (WR)