Flower-Visiting Insects
of Virginia Rock
Cress
Sibara virginica (Virginia Rock Cress)
(Insects suck nectar; observations are from Robertson)
Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada ovatus
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea, Augochlorella aurata, Augochlorella striata, Halictus confusus, Halictus rubicunda, Lasioglossum versatus, Lasioglossum zephyrus; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena cressonii, Andrena miserabilis bipunctata
Flies
Anthomyiidae: Calythea pratincola