Flower-Visiting Insects
of Prickly Sida


Sida spinosa (Prickly Sida) introduced
(Bees suck nectar or collect pollen, other insects suck nectar; observations are from Robertson)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus pensylvanica sn fq; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn cp

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella striata sn

Butterflies
Pieridae: Colias philodice, Eurema lisa, Pieris rapae fq, Pontia protodice

Skippers
Hesperiidae: Pyrgus communis


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