Flower-Visiting Insects
of Self-Heal


Prunella vulgaris (Self-Heal)
(Also called All-Heal; insects suck nectar primarily, although a bumblebee also collects pollen; most observations are from Robertson, otherwise they are from Lewis, Macior, and Costelloe as indicated below)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus griseocallis sn, Bombus impatiens fq sn cp, Bombus pensylvanica sn fq, Bombus vagans sn fq (Rb, Mc, Cst); Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora terminalis sn; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes bimaculata bimaculata sn, Melissodes comptoides sn; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile mendica sn

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella striata sn, Halictus confusus sn; Andrenidae (Panurginae): Calliopsis andreniformis sn

Wasps
Scoliidae: Scolia bicincta sn

Flies
Bombyliidae: Exoprosopa fasciata sn; Tachinidae: Archytas aterrima sn

Butterflies
Pieridae: Colias philodice sn, Pieris rapae sn (Rb, Lw), Pontia protodice sn

Skippers
Hesperiidae: Anatrytone logan sn, Ancyloxypha numitor sn, Polites peckius sn, Polites themistocles sn, Staphylus hayhurstii sn


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