Flowering Plants Visited
by Formica subsericea
Formica subsericea Say: Formicidae, Hymenoptera
(observations are from Wilhelm & Rericha; this is the Silky Field Ant)
Anacardiaceae: Rhus copallinum sn np (WR), Rhus hirta sn np (WR); Apiaceae: Daucus carota sn np (WR), Eryngium yuccifolium sn np (WR), Heracleum maximum sn np (WR), Sanicula odorata sn np (WR), Zizia aurea sn np (WR); Asclepiadaceae: Asclepias syriaca sn (WR); Asteraceae: Achillea millefolium sn (WR), Ambrosia trifida [exfl sn np] (WR), Aster drummondii sn np (WR), Cichorium intybus sn np (WR), Coreopsis lanceolata sn np (WR), Doellingeria umbellata sn np (WR), Helianthus grosseserratus sn sn@exfl np (WR), Hymenopappus scabiosaeus sn np (WR), Krigia biflora sn np (WR), Rudbeckia hirta sn np (WR), Senecio pauperculus sn np (WR), Solidago canadensis sn np (WR), Solidago gigantea sn np (WR), Solidago nemoralis sn np (WR), Solidago ulmifolia sn np (WR), Vernonia fasciculata sn np (WR); Brassicaceae: Alliaria petiolata sn np (WR), Dentaria laciniata sn np (WR), Hesperis matronalis sn np (WR); Caesalpiniaceae: Chamaecrista fasciculata [exfl sn] (WR); Cornaceae: Cornus drummondii sn np (WR); Dennstaedtiaceae: Pteridium aquilinum latiusculum sn@exfl (WR); Ericaceae: Gaylussacia baccata sn np (WR); Euphorbiaceae: Euphorbia corollata sn np (WR); Fabaceae: Amorpha canescens sn (WR), Apios americana exp np (WR), Lespedeza frustescens sn np (WR); Geraniaceae: Erodium cicutarium sn np (WR), Geranium maculatum sn np (WR); Hippocastanaceae: Aesculus parviflora sn (WR); Lamiaceae: Pycnanthemum virginianum sn np (WR); Liliaceae: Camassia scilloides sn np (WR); Mimosaceae: Desmanthus illinoensis [exfl sn np] (WR); Polygonaceae: Persicaria hydropiperoides sn np (WR); Rhamnaceae: Ceanothus herbaceus sn np (WR); Rosaceae: Physocarpus opulifolius sn np (WR), Potentilla recta sn np (WR), Prunus serotina sn@exfl (WR), Prunus virginiana sn@exfl sn np (WR), Rubus allegheniensis sn np (WR), Rubus bellobatus sn np (WR), Rubus rosa sn np (WR), Spiraea alba sn np (WR); Salicaceae: Salix discolor [unsp sn np] (WR), Salix myricoides [unsp sn np] (WR); Scrophulariaceae: Penstemon calycosus sn/exp np (WR)