Flower-Visiting Insects
of Ten-Petal Sunflower


Helianthus decapetalus (Ten-Petal Sunflower)
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies suck nectar or feed on pollen, butterflies suck nectar; observations are from Macior and Wilhelm & Rericha)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera (WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus impatiens (WR), Bombus vagans sn (Mc, WR); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes desponsa (WR), Melisodes trinodis (WR); Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys alternata sn (WR); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile pugnata (WR)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon virescens (WR), Augochlora pura pura (WR), Halictus ligatus (WR)

Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis transversa (WR), Toxomerus marginatus (WR); Bombyliidae: Geron calvus (WR)

Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Phyciodes tharos sn (WR)


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