Flower-Visiting Insects
of Short Green
Milkweed
Asclepias viridiflora (Short Green Milkweed)
(Insects suck nectar; pollinia presence is unspecified; observations are from Robertson, Betz et al., Smith et al., and Williams as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus fraternus fq (Rb, Smh), Bombus griseocallis fq (Rb, Btz, Smh); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Anthedonia compta (Rb)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum tegulare (Smh); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis (Smh)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Larrinae): Tachytes aurulenta (Rb); Vespidae (Eumenidae): Euodynerus annulatus np (Rb)
True Bugs
Coreidae: Catorhintha mendica sn (Wm2), Merocoris distinctus sn (Wm2)