Flower-Visiting Insects
of
Teasel
Dipsacus fullonum (Teasel) introduced
(Insects suck nectar; some short-tongued bees collect pollen; observations are from Robertson)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus pensylvanica; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes bimaculata bimaculata
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea sn cp, Agapostemon virescens sn
Flies
Bombyliidae: Exoprosopa fasciata fq
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Danaus plexippus, Vanessa virginiensis; Papilionidae: Papilio glaucus; Pieridae: Pontia protodice
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Erynnis martialis