Flower-Visiting Insects and Birds
of Yellow Jewelweed


Impatiens pallida (Yellow Jewelweed)
(Hummingbirds and most insects suck nectar; some bees collect pollen, as indicated below; flies also feed on pollen, as indicated below; observations are from Robertson)

Birds
Trochilidae: Archilochus colubris sn

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus impatiens sn cp fq, Bombus pensylvanica sn fq; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis brevis cp np

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum versatus sn np

Flies
Syrphidae: Rhingia nasica sn fp np


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