Flower-Visiting Insects
of Marsh Loosestrife
Lysimachia quadriflora (Marsh Loosestrife)
(Melittid bees collect pollen and floral oil [cfo], Nomadine cuckoo bees explore the flowers in vain for nectar, other bees collect pollen only, Syrphid flies and beetles feed on pollen, other insects explore the flowers in vain for nectar; observations are from Robertson and Wilhelm & Rericha)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus impatiens cp (WR); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla cp (WR); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada wisconsinensis exp (WR); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica cp (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum admirandum cp (WR), Lasioglossum albipenne cp (WR), Lasioglossum apocyni cp (WR), Lasioglossum ellisiae cp (WR), Lasioglossum fattigi cp (WR), Lasioglossum hitchensi cp (WR), Lasioglossum imitatum cp (WR), Lasioglossum leucocomum cp (WR), Lasioglossum pectorale cp (WR), Lasioglossum pictum cp (WR), Lasioglossum pilosum pilosum cp (WR), Lasioglossum versatum cp (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum viridatum cp (WR); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis cp (WR); Melittidae: Macropis steironematis cfo cp fq olg (Rb)
Flies
Syrphidae: Toxomerus marginatus fp np (WR); Bombyliidae: Paravilla separata exp np (WR), Systoechus vulgaris exp np (WR)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Euphyes vestris exp np (WR)
Beetles
Cleridae: Trichodes nuttalli fp (WR)