Flower-Visiting Insects
of Aunt Lucy


Ellisia nyctelea (Aunt Lucy)
(Bees suck nectar and sometimes collect pollen; flies suck nectar or feed on pollen; one observation is from Krombein et al. as indicated below, otherwise observations are from Robertson)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus vagans sn; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata sn, Ceratina dupla dupla sn; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia speciosa sn; Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada cuneatus sn; Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia atriventris sn cp, Osmia pumila sn; Megachilidae (Trypetini): Chelostoma philadelphi sn

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella striata sn, Halictus confusus sn cp, Lasioglossum imitatus sn cp, Lasioglossum macoupinensis sn fq, Lasioglossum obscurus sn, Lasioglossum pectoralis sn, Lasioglossum tegularis sn, Lasioglossum zephyrus sn; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena personata sn cp fq, Andrena rugosa (Kr), Andrena violae sn

Flies
Syrphidae: Pipiza femoralis fp, Rhingia nasica sn, Toxomerus geminatus fp, Toxomerus marginatus fp; Bombyliidae: Bombylius fascipennis sn, Bombylius major sn; Tachinidae: Siphona geniculata sn


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