Flower-Visiting
Insects
of Prairie Ragwort
Senecio plattensis (Prairie Ragwort)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, beetles feed on nectar or pollen. Observations are from Macior, MacRae, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus pensylvanicus sn (Mc); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina mikmaqi (WR); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis pilosifrons (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata (WR), Augochlorella persimilis (WR), Halictus confusus (WR), Halictus ligatus (WR), Lasioglossum vierecki (WR)
Beetles
Buprestidae: Acmaeodera ornata (McR), Acmaeodera tubulus (McR); Mordellidae: Mordellina pustulata (WR), Mordellistena aspersa (WR), Mordellistena cervicalis (WR)