Flower-Visiting Insects
of Sharp-Lobed
Hepatica
Hepatica acutiloba (Sharp-Lobed Hepatica)
(bees collect pollen or explore the flowers in vain for nectar; flies feed on pollen or explore the flowers in vain for nectar; observations are from Robertson, Graenicher, and Wilhelm & Rericha; Robertson thought the flowers of Hepatica offer nectar to insect visitors, but this is not correct)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera cp fq (Rb); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata cp (Rb, WR), Ceratina dupla dupla cp (WR), Ceratina mikmaqi cp (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum foxii cp (WR), Lasioglossum imitatum cp/exp (Rb), Lasioglossum laevissimum cp (WR), Lasioglossum subviridatum cp (WR), Lasioglossum versatum cp (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum zephyrum cp (WR); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes inaequalis cp/exp (Rb); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena carlini cp (Rb, WR), Andrena cressonii cp (WR), Andrena erythronii cp (Rb, WR), Andrena mandibularis cp/exp (Rb), Andrena miserabilis bipunctata cp/exp (Rb), Andrena rugosa cp/exp fq (Rb), Andrena tridens cp/exp (Rb)
Flies
Syrphidae: Brachypalpus oarus fp fq (Rb), Eristalis dimidiatus fp (Rb), Eupeodes americanus fp (Rb); Bombyliidae: Bombylius major exp fq (Rb, Gr); Tachinidae: Gonia capitata fp/exp (Rb); Muscidae: Neomyia cornicina exp/fp fq (Rb); Anthomyiidae: Delia platura exp/fp (Rb)