Flower-Visiting Insects
of Marsh
Blazingstar
Liatris spicata (Marsh Blazingstar)
(Long-tongued bees suck nectar or collect pollen; short-tongued bees collect pollen only; Syrphid flies and beetles feed on pollen; other insects suck nectar; all observations are from Graenicher.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus auricomus sn cp, Bombus griseocallis sn cp, Bombus pensylvanica sn cp; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes agilis sn cp, Melissodes trinodis sn cp; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile addenda sn cp, Megachile latimanus sn cp
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon texanus texanus cp
Flies
Bombyliidae: Exoprosopa fasciata sn; Syrphidae: Eristalis tenax fp, Sphaerophoria contiqua fp
Butterflies
Pieridae: Colias philodice sn, Pieris rapae sn; Nymphalidae: Boloria selene myrina sn, Cercyonis pegala sn, Danaus plexippus sn, Speyeria cybele sn, Speyeria idalia sn
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Polites peckius sn, Polites themistocles sn
Moths
Noctuidae: Mythimna unipuncta sn
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus fp