Flower-Visiting Insects
of Hairy-jointed Meadow Parsnip
Thaspium barbinode (Hairy-jointed Meadow Parsnip)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies suck nectar or feed on pollen, beetles feed on nectar or feed on pollen or gnaw on floral tissue, other insects suck nectar. Observations are from Krombein et al., Lindsey, and Wilhelm & Rericha. A scientific synonym of this plant is Thaspium chapmanii.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera (Lnd); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus affinis (Lnd); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella striata fq (Lnd), Lasioglossum anomalum (WR), Lasioglossum foveolatum (WR); Colletidae (Hylaeninae): Hylaeus mesillae (WR), Hylaeus modestus modestus fq (Lnd, WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena crataegi fq (Lnd), Andrena miranda fq (Lnd), Andrena nasonii (Lnd), Andrena personata (Kr), Andrena ziziae cp fq olg (Kr, Lnd)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Crabroninae): Lestica producticollis sn (WR); Vespidae (Eumeninae): Ancistrocerus adiabatus sn (WR), Euodynerus foraminatus sn (WR)
Ants
Formicidae (Formicinae): Formica dolosa sn np (WR), Formica incerta sn np (WR); Formicidae (Myrmicinae): Crematogaster lineolata sn np (WR)
Flies
Empididae: Rhamphomyia sp. sn fq (Lnd); Syrphidae: Toxomerus marginatus fp (WR)
Beetles
Cleridae: Enoclerus nigripes (WR); Dermestidae: Cryptorhopalum triste (WR); Scraptiidae: Anaspis sp. fq (Lnd); Staphylinidae: Eusphalerum sp. fq (Lnd)
Plant Bugs
Rhopalidae: Harmostes reflexulus (WR)