Flower-Visiting Insects
of Wild
Lupine
Lupinus perennis (Wild Lupine)
(Bees collect pollen; flies feed on pollen or explore the flowers; wasps and butterflies explore the flowers & don't feed; observations are from Mitchell, Reed, or Grundel & Pavlovic as indicated below; only pollen is available as a floral reward)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus fervida (Re); Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Habropoda laboriosus (Mch); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia atriventris (Mch), Synhalonia hamata (Re); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis brevis (Mch); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis pilosifrons (Re), Osmia collinsiae (Mch), Osmia conjuncta (Mch), Osmia georgica (Mch), Osmia lignaria lignaria (Mch)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum pictus (Re), Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus (Mch, Re); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis (Re); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena wilkella (Re)
Wasps
Vespidae: Polistes fuscatus exp (Re)
Flies
Syrphidae: Platycheirus sp. (Re); Bombyliidae: Villa sp. (Re)
Butterflies
Lycaenidae: Lycaeides melissa samuelis (GP) exp