Flower-Visiting Insects
of White Prairie
Clover
Dalea candida (White Prairie Clover)
(bees collect pollen or suck nectar; other insects suck nectar; most observations are from Robertson, otherwise they are from Petersen, LaBerge, and Krombein et al. as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus auricomus sn, Bombus bimaculatus (Pt), Bombus fervidus (Pt), Bombus fraternus sn, Bombus griseocallis sn fq; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Svastra obliqua obliqua (LB); Megachilidae (Trypetini): Heriades carinatum (Kr)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea sn, Augochlorella aurata sn fq, Augochlorella striata sn cp, Augochloropsis metallica metallica sn, Halictus confusus sn fq, Halictus ligatus sn, Halictus parallelus sn fq, Halictus rubicunda sn cp fq (Rb, Pt), Lasioglossum imitatus sn cp fq, Lasioglossum versatus sn cp fq; Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes robertsonii cp olg (LB, Kr), Colletes wilmattae cp olg (Kr); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis sn; Andrenidae (Panurginae): Calliopsis andreniformis (Kr)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Bembicinae): Bicyrtes quadrifasciata; Sphecidae (Philanthinae): Cerceris bicornuta, Philanthus ventilabris; Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Prionyx atrata, Sphex ichneumonea; Sapygidae: Sapyga interrupta; Tiphiidae: Myzinum quinquecincta fq
Flies
Mydidae: Mydas clavatus; Syrphidae: Allograpta obliqua, Tropidia quadrata; Conopidae: Physoconops brachyrhynchus fq, Zodion americanum; Tachinidae: Archytas analis; Calliphoridae: Cochliomyia macellaria
Butterflies
Lycaenidae: Everes comyntas