Flower-Visiting Insects
of Hooded Ladies'
Tresses
Spiranthes romanzoffiana (Hooded Ladies' Tresses)
(bees, skippers, and moths suck nectar; only bees are effective pollinators of the flowers; observations are from Catling and Godfery)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Bombus borealis sn, Bombus fervida sn, Bombus perplexus sn, Bombus vagans sn (Ct, Gd), Psithyrus ashtoni sn, Psithyrus insularis sn; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile melanophaea sn
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Halictus confusus sn (Gd), Lasioglossum cinctipes sn, Lasioglossum zonulum sn; Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes smilacinae sn (Gd)
Flies
Syrphidae: Unidentified spp. np
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Erynnis lucilius sn np, Thymelicus lineola sn np
Moths
Noctuidae: Syngrapha sp. sn np, Syngrapha epigaea sn np, Syngrapha octoscripta sn np
Beetles
Curculionidae: Stethobaris ovata sn np