Flower-Visiting
Insects
of Long-bracted Tickseed Sunflower
Bidens polylepis (Long-bracted Tickseed Sunflower)
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies suck nectar or feed on pollen, the wasp sucks nectar, and the beetle gnaws on floral tissue; observations are from Wilhelm & Rericha)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera (WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus impatiens (WR); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes trinodis (WR); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica (WR); Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys germana sn (WR); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile mendica (WR), Megachile petulans (WR), Megachile rotundata (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon virescens (WR), Augochlora pura pura (WR), Halictus ligatus (WR), Lasioglossum perpunctatum (WR), Lasioglossum versatum (WR); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes compactus (WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena duplicata (WR), Andrena helianthi (WR)
Wasps
Tiphiidae: Myzinum maculatum sn (WR)
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis dimidiata (WR), Eristalis stipator (WR), Eristalis transversa (WR), Toxomerus marginatus (WR); Bombyliidae: Bombylius comanche sn (WR), Sparnopolius confusus (WR); Conopidae: Physocephala tibialis sn (WR); Tachinidae: Trichopoda pennipes (WR)
Beetles
Chrysomelidae: Diabrotica undecimpunctata gnw np (WR)