Flower-Visiting Insects
of Purple Vetch


Vicia americana (Purple Vetch)
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, the skipper sucks nectar; observations are from Reed and Wilhelm & Rericha; this plant is also called American Vetch)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera (WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus fervidus (Re), Bombus impatiens (WR), Bombus vagans (WR);  Anthophoridae (Anthophorinae): Anthophora terminalis (WR); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla (Re)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Halictus confusus (Re); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena wilkella (Re)

Skippers
Hesperiidae: Poanes hobomok sn (WR)


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