Flower-Visiting Insects
of Wood Betony


Pedicularis canadensis (Wood Betony)
(bumblebees mostly suck nectar and to a lesser extent collect pollen, while butterflies and skippers suck nectar; observations are from Macior, Swengel & Swengel, Grundel et al., and Voss as indicated below)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus affinis sn (Mc), Bombus auricomus sn cp fq (Mc), Bombus bimaculatus sn cp fq (Mc, Gnd), Bombus fervida sn cp fq (Mc), Bombus griseocallis sn cp fq (Mc), Bombus impatiens sn cp fq (Mc), Bombus pensylvanica sn fq (Mc), Bombus vagans sn (Mc)

Butterflies
Lycaenidae: Lycaeides melissa samuelis sn (Sw)

Skippers
Hesperiidae: Erynnis juvenalis sn (V), Hesperia sassacus sn (V), Poanes hobomok sn (V)


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