Flower-Visiting Insects
of Scarlet Toothcup


Ammannia coccinea (Scarlet Toothcup)
(Bees suck nectar or collect pollen, other insects suck nectar; observations are from Robertson)

Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn cp

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata sn cp, Lasioglossum imitatus sn, Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus sn cp, Lasioglossum versatus sn cp fq; Andrenidae (Panurginae): Calliopsis andreniformis sn

Flies
Syrphidae: Syritta pipiens, Toxomerus marginatus; Tachinidae: Spallanzania hesperidarum

Butterflies
Lycaenidae: Everes comyntas; Pieridae: Eurema lisa, Pontia protodice


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