Flower-Visiting Insects & Birds
of White Wild
Indigo
Baptisia leucantha (White Wild Indigo)
(Scientific synonyms of this plant are Baptisia alba macrophylla and Baptisia lactea. Long-tongued bees collect pollen or suck nectar, the Ruby-throated Hummingbird and butterfly suck nectar, flies probably feed on stray pollen, short-tongued bees probably collect stray pollen; bumblebee floral visitors are primarily workers, rather than queen bees; observations are from Robertson, Petersen, Grundel et al., and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below.)
Birds
Trochilidae: Archilochus colubris sn
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera (WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus auricomus (WR), Bombus bimaculatus (Pt, Gnd, WR), Bombus fervidus (Pt, WR), Bombus griseocollis (WR), Bombus impatiens (WR), Bombus pensylvanicus sn cp fq (Rb, Pt), Bombus vagans (WR); Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora abrupta (WR); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla (WR), Ceratina mikmaqi (WR); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile addenda sn (WR), Megachile montivaga (WR), Megachile rugifrons (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum coriaceum (WR), Lasioglossum hitchensi (WR), Lasioglossum paradmirandum (WR), Lasioglossum versatum (WR)
Flies
Syrphidae: Toxomerus marginatus np (WR)
Butterflies
Pieridae: Phoebis sennae sn np (Rb)