Flower-Visiting Insects
of American Bellflower
Campanulastrum americanum (American Bellflower)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies and beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen, other insects suck nectar; robber flies and ambush bugs lurk on the flowers as predators. Observations are from Robertson, Grundel et al., Williams, Wilhelm & Rericha, and Rightmyer as indicated below.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera sn (Rb, WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus bimaculatus (WR), Bombus griseocollis sn (Rb, WR), Bombus impatiens sn (Rb, WR), Bombus pensylvanicus sn fq (Rb); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR), Ceratina dupla (WR), Ceratina strenua (WR); Anthophoridae (Epeolini): Triepeolus lunatus sn (Rtm); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes bimaculata bimaculata sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica (WR); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis brevis sn (Rb), Megachile campanulae campanulae sn cp fq (Rb, WR), Megachile gemula (WR), Megachile mendica (WR), Megachile petulans cp (Rb); Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys modesta sn fq (Rb, WR), Coelioxys porterae sn (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericeus sn (Rb), Agapostemon texanus (WR), Augochlora pura (Gnd, WR), Augochlorella striata cp np (Rb), Halictus confusus (WR), Halictus rubicundus sn (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum cattellae (WR), Lasioglossum cressonii (WR), Lasioglossum imitatum cp np (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum obscurum (WR), Lasioglossum truncatum (WR), Lasioglossum versatum (WR); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes latitarsis sn np (Rb); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus sp. (WR), Hylaeus affinis fp np (Rb), Hylaeus illinoisensis (WR), Hylaeus mesillae (WR)
Wasps
Tiphiidae: Myzinum quinquecinctum sn (Rb); Vespidae (Eumeninae): Symmorphus canadensis sn fq (WR)
Flies
Asilidae: Holcocephala fusca prd np (WR); Syrphidae: Toxomerus marginatus fp fq (WR), Trichopsomyia apisaon fp np (Rb)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Vanessa cardui sn (Rb)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Staphylus hayhurstii sn (Rb)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Wms)
Plant Bugs
Miridae: Plagiognathus politus sn (WR); Phymatidae: Phymata americana prd np (WR); Thyreocoridae: Corimelaena lateralis sn (WR)