Flower-Visiting Insects and Birds
of Orange
Jewelweed
Impatiens capensis (Orange Jewelweed)
(Hummingbirds and most insects suck nectar; some bees collect pollen, as noted below; beetles knaw on the flowers and are non-pollinating; some observations are from Graenicher and Bertin as indicated below, otherwise they are from Robertson)
Birds
Trochilidae: Archilochus colubris sn fq (Rb, Gr, Brt)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn cp; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus griseocallis sn (Gr), Bombus impatiens sn cp, Bombus pensylvanica sn, Bombus vagans sn (Gr); Anthophoridae (Anthophorinae): Anthophora terminalis sn (Gr); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes bimaculata bimaculata sn; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis brevis cp np, Megachile mendica cp np
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella striata cp np, Lasioglossum albipennis cp np (Gr), Lasioglossum versatus cp np
Flies
Syrphidae: Rhingia nasica sn (Gr)
Butterflies
Papilionidae: Papilio troilus sn
Beetles
Chrysomelidae: Diabrotica undecimpunctata gnw np