Flower-Visiting
Insects
of White-Flowered Leafcup
Polymnia canadensis (White-Flowered Leafcup)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies and beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen, other insects suck nectar. Observations are from Graenicher, Williams, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera (WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus impatiens (WR); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile centuncularis (WR); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Heriades leavitti (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura (WR), Lasioglossum nigroviride (WR), Lasioglossum subviridatum (WR), Lasioglossum versans (WR)
Wasps
Vespidae (Eumeninae): Ancistrocerus adiabatus sn (WR)
Ants
Formicidae (Dolichoderinae): Tapinoma sessile sn np (WR); Formicidae (Formicinae): Camponotus subbarbatus sn np (WR), Lasius alienus sn np (WR); Formicidae (Myrmicinae): Myrmica AF-smi sn np (WR)
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis transversa (WR), Rhingia nasica (Gr), Toxomerus marginatus (WR)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Wms); Mordellidae: Mordellistena aspersa (WR), Mordellistena cervicalis (WR)