Flower-Visiting Insects
of Milkweed


Asclepias spp. (Milkweed) 
(information is limited to wasps, beetles, butterflies, and skippers; beetle activity is unspecified, butterflies and skippers suck nectar; observations are from Lovell, Voss, and O'Brien as indicated below)

Wasps
Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila procera (OB), Podalonia robusta (OB), Sphex ichneumoneus (OB), Sphex pensylvanicus (OB)

Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Boloria bellona sn (V), Boloria selene sn (V), Speyeria atlantis sn (V), Vanessa virginiensis sn (V)

Skippers
Hesperiidae: Hesperia leonardus sn (V)

Beetles
Cerambycidae: Typocerus velutinus (Lv2); Coccinellidae: Adalia bipunctata (Lv2), Coccinella transversoguttata (Lv2), Hippodamia convergens (Lv2), Hippodamia glacialis (Lv2)


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