Flower-Visiting Insects of
Starry False Solomon's
Seal
Smilacina stellata (Starry False Solomon's Seal)
(bees collect pollen or suck nectar; flies and beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen; other insects suck nectar; some observations are from Graenicher and Krombein et al. as indicated below, otherwise they are from Robertson)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn (Gr); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus ternarius sn (Gr), Bombus vagans sn (Gr); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata sn; Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada cressonii sn (Rb, Gr), Nomada cuneatus sn (Gr); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia coerulescens sn (Gr)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea sn cp (Gr), Augochlora purus purus sn cp, Augochlorella aurata sn cp, Augochlorella striata sn cp (Rb, Gr), Augochloropsis metallica metallica sn cp (Rb, Gr), Halictus confusus sn cp (Gr), Halictus rubicunda sn cp (Rb, Gr), Lasioglossum imitatus sn cp (Rb, Gr), Lasioglossum laevissimus sn cp olg, Lasioglossum macoupinensis sn cp, Lasioglossum obscurus sn cp, Lasioglossum zephyrus sn cp (Gr); Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes smilacinae sn; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena carlini sn, Andrena cressonii sn cp (Rb, Gr), Andrena nasonii sn (Gr), Andrena nigrihirta (Kr), Andrena nivalis sn (Gr), Andrena sigmundi sn (Gr)
Wasps
Vespidae (Eumeninae): Parancistrocerus pensylvanicus (Gr)
Flies
Bombyliidae: Bombylius major sn; Stratiomyidae: Odontomyia pubescens (Gr); Syrphidae: Eristalis arbustorum (Gr), Eristalis dimidiatus (Gr), Helophilus chrysostomus (Gr), Helophilus fasciatus (Gr), Mallota bautias (Gr), Neoascia globosa (Gr), Parhelophilus laetus (Gr), Sphaerophoria continqua (Gr), Syritta pipiens (Gr), Toxomerus geminatus (Gr), Toxomerus marginatus (Gr), Tropidia quadrata (Gr), Xylota ejuncida (Gr); Tachinidae: Archytas analis (Gr), Gonia capitata (Gr), Gymnoclytia immaculata (Gr), Melanophrys insolita (Gr), Siphona geniculata (Gr), Tachinomyia panaetius (Gr); Muscidae: Hydrotaea sp. (Gr); Sarcophagidae: Sarcophaga sp. (Gr)
Butterflies
Pieridae: Pieris rapae sn (Gr)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Poanes zabulon sn (Gr)
Beetles
Scarabaeidae (Cetonniae): Trichiotinus piger sn fp (Gr)