Flower-Visiting Insects
of Lemon Bee Balm
Monarda citriodora (Lemon Bee Balm)
(This plant is native to the Great Plains, but it is adventive eastward. Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen. Observations are from Mawdsley, Rightmyer, and Discover Life as indicated below.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Epeolini): Triepeolus nevadensis sn (Rtm); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis (DL), Megachile frugalis (DL)
Bees (short-tongued)
Andrenidae (Panurginae): Perdita gerhardi (DL), Perdita jonesi (DL), Protandrena abdominalis (DL)
Beetles
Cleridae: Phyllobaenus pubescens (Mwd), Trichodes bibalteatus (Mwd)