Flower-Visiting Insects
of Prairie
Phlox
Phlox pilosa (Prairie Phlox)
(Halictid bees collect pollen, Syrphid flies and beetles feed on pollen, other insect visitors suck nectar; some observations are from Reed, Grundel & Pavlovic, Macior, and MacRae as indicated below, otherwise they are from Robertson)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus auricomus sn fq (Rb, Mc), Bombus fervida sn (Mc), Bombus griseocallis sn, Bombus impatiens sn, Bombus pensylvanica sn; Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora ursina sn; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia speciosa sn fq; Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada superba superba sn
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum pictus fp (Re), Lasioglossum pilosus fp (Re)
Flies
Syrphidae: Syrphus sp. fp (Re); Bombyliidae: Bombylius atriceps sn, Systoechus sp. sn (Re)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Phyciodes tharos, Vanessa virginiensis; Lycaenidae: Lycaeides melissa samuelis (GP), Lycaena hyllus; Pieridae: Colias philodice fq; Papilionidae: Papilio glaucus, Papilio polyxenes asterias, Papilio troilus
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Anatrytone logan (Re), Epargyreus clarus, Euphyes conspicuus (Re), Polites peckius, Thorybes bathyllus fq, Thorybes pylades (Rb, Re)
Moths
Noctuidae: Anagrapha falcifera
Beetles
Buprestidae: Acmaeodera tubulus fp (McR)