Flower-Visiting Insects
of Long-Leaved
Bluets
Hedyotis longifolia (Long-Leaved Bluets)
(Short-tongued bees suck nectar or collect pollen, other insects suck nectar; all observations are from Evans)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus bimaculatus sn; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn; Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis pilosifrons sn
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon virescens, Augochloropsis metallica metallica, Halictus confusus, Halictus rubicunda, Lasioglossum coriaceus, Lasioglossum pectoralis, Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus; Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis