Flower-Visiting Insects
of Pale-Spiked
Lobelia
Lobelia spicata (Pale-Spiked Lobelia)
(bees collect pollen or suck nectar as indicatef below; other insects suck nectar; also includes information for Lobelia spicata var. leptostachys; observations are from Robertson)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus griseocallis sn, Bombus pensylvanica sn; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes bimaculata bimaculata sn, Synhalonia speciosa sn, Svastra obliqua obliqua sn; Megachilidae (Anthidinini): Anthidium psoraleae sn; Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys octodentata sn, Coelioxys rufitarsis rufitarsis sn; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis brevis sn cp, Megachile campanulae campanulae sn, Megachile petulans sn fq, Megachile rugifrons sn; Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis cylindricus sn, Hoplitis pilosifrons sn
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon virescens sn, Augochlorella striata sn, Halictus confusus sn, Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus cp np
Flies
Bombyliidae: Systoechus vulgaris sn
Butterflies
Lycaenidae: Everes comyntas sn, Lycaena hyllus sn; Pieridae: Pieris rapae sn, Pontia protodice sn
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Ancyloxypha numitor sn, Erynnis juvenalis sn, Pholisora catullus sn, Polites peckius sn, Polites themistocles sn