Flower-Visiting Insects
of Yellow Star Grass
Hypoxis hirsuta (Yellow Star Grass)
(Bees collect pollen, other insects feed on pollen; some observations are from MacRae as indicated below, otherwise observations are from Robertson)
Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla cp; Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia atriventris cp, Osmia distincta cp, Osmia illinoensis cp fq
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata cp fq, Halictus ligatus cp, Lasioglossum anomalis cp, Lasioglossum coriaceus cp, Lasioglossum cressonii cp, Lasioglossum imitatus cp, Lasioglossum pectoralis cp, Lasioglossum tegularis cp, Lasioglossum versatus cp
Flies
Syrphidae: Sphaerophoria contiqua fp, Toxomerus marginatus fp
Beetles
Buprestidae: Acmaeodera neglecta fp (McR), Acmaeodera ornata fp (McR), Acmaeodera tubulus fp (Rb, McR)