Flower-Visiting Insects
of
Pickerelweed
Pontederia cordata (Pickerelweed)
(Bees suck nectar or collect pollen, while butterflies, skippers, & hummingbirds suck nectar; observations are from Hoffman & Molano-Flores, Robertson, Krombein et al., Hilton Pond Center, and Bouseman, Sternburg, & Wiker, as indicated below)
Birds
Trochilidae: Archilochus colubris sn (HPC)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus bimaculatus (HPC); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Florilegus condigna sn (Rb), Melissodes apicata (HMF) cp olg
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Dufoureinae): Dufourea novaeangliae (HMF, Kr) cp olg; Halictidae (Nomiinae): Nomia nortoni nortoni (Kr); Andrenidae (Panurginae): Pseudopanurgus rugosus sn (Kr)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Speyeria diana sn (HPC); Pieridae: Colias philodice sn (Rb)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Amblyscirtes aesculapius sn (HPC), Anatrytone logan sn (BSW), Ancyloxypha numitor sn (BSW), Epargyreus clarus sn (HPC), Euphyes bimaculata sn (BSW), Euphyes dion sn (BSW), Euphyes dukesi sn (BSW), Panquina ocola sn (BSW), Poanes yehl sn (BSW), Poanes zabulon (HPC), Wallengrenia otho sn (BSW)