Flower-Visiting Insects
of Lizard's Tail


Saururus cernuus (Lizard's Tail)
(bees collect pollen, while the butterfly explores the flowers in vain for nectar; observations are from Fothergill & Vaughn and Grundel et al. as indicated below; wind may cross-pollinate the flowers of this plant in part)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura cp (Gnd), Lasioglossum laevissimum cp (Gnd), Lasioglossum obscurum cp (Gnd); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus annulatus cp (Gnd)

Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Vanessa atalanta exp (FV)


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