Flower-Visiting Insects
of Ragged Green Orchid
Platanthera lacera (Ragged Green Orchid)
(Moths suck nectar, while other insects explore the flowers & are non-pollinating; observations are from Little et al., Luer, and Janes et al.; the moths are effective pollinators of this orchid)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae: Lasioglossum spp. exp np (LDR, JVH)
Flies
Calliphoridae: Unspecified species (Green Bottle flies) exp np (LDR), Lucilia sp. exp np (JVH)
Moths
Noctuidae: Unidentified spp. (Lu), Allagrapha aerea sn (LDR, JVH), Anagrapha falcifera sn (LDR, JVH); Sphingidae: Hemaris sp. sn (JVH), Hemaris thysbe sn (Lu, JVH)