Flower-Visiting Insects
of Smooth
Phlox
Phlox glaberrima (Smooth Phlox)
(Butterflies, skippers, & moths suck nectar; Syrphid flies feed on pollen & are non-pollinating; observations are from Robertson)
Flies
Syrphidae: Eupeodes americanus fp np
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Danaus plexippus; Pieridae: Colias philodice; Papilionidae: Battus philenor, Papilio cresphontes, Papilio polyxenes asterias
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Polites peckius
Moths
Ctenuchidae: Cisseps fulvicollis