Flower-Visiting Insects
of Echinacea
angustifolia
Echinacea angustifolia (Prairie Purple Coneflower)
(bees suck nectar or collect pollen, flies suck nectar or feed on pollen, beetles feed on pollen, while other insects suck nectar; observations are from Wist)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus fervida, Bombus nevadensis, Bombus ternarius fq, Bombus vagans; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile latimanus, Megachile pugnatus, Megachile rotundata
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae: Augochlora sp.
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis tenax, Toxomerus spp.; Bombyliidae: Exoprosopa sp., Systoechus vulgaris fq; Muscidae: Unidentified spp.
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Vanessa cardui sn, Pieridae: Phoebis sennae sn
Beetles
Cleridae: Trichodes nutalli fp; Meloidae: Epicauta ferruginea fp fq