Flower-Visiting Insects
of Hairy Sunflower
Helianthus hirsutus (Hairy Sunflower)
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, wasps suck nectar; observations are from Wilhelm & Rericha)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus griseocollis (WR), Bombus impatiens (WR); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes agilis cp olg (WR), Melissodes trinodis (WR); Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys alternata alternata sn (WR); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile inimica sayi (WR), Megachile petulans (WR), Megachile pugnata (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura pura (WR), Halictus ligatus (WR), Halictus rubicundus (WR), Lasioglossum coriaceum (WR), Lasioglossum imitatum (WR), Lasioglossum versatum (WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena duplicata cp olg (WR); Andrenidae (Panurginae): Perdita bequaerti (WR), Pseudopanurgus albitarsis (WR), Pseudopanurgus rugosus cp olg (WR)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Philanthinae): Philanthus bilunatus sn (WR); Vespidae (Polistinae): Polistes fuscatus sn (WR); Vespidae (Vespinae): Vespula maculifrons sn (WR)