Flower-Visiting Insects
of Blunt-Lobed Hepatica


Hepatica americana (Blunt-Lobed Hepatica)
(Bees mostly collect pollen, although some merely explore the flowers; flies usually feed on pollen, although some merely explore the flowers; the beetle feeds on pollen. According to Motten, the flowers of this plant don't provide nectar; observations are from Motten and Wilhelm & Rericha.)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera cp (Mtt); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus bimaculatus cp (Mtt); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata cp (WR); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada spp. exp (Mtt)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum spp. cp (Mtt), Lasioglossum coeruleum cp (WR), Lasioglossum macoupinensis cp fq (Mtt), Lasioglossum nigroviride cp (WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena carlini cp (Mtt, WR), Andrena erigeniae exp (Mtt), Andrena erythronii cp (WR), Andrena nigrihirta cp fq (Mtt), Andrena tridens cp fq (Mtt)

Flies
Syrphidae: Toxomerus geminatus fp (Mtt); Bombyliidae: Bombylius major exp fq (Mtt); Anthomyiidae: Delia platura fp fq (Mtt); Tachinidae: Gonia sp. exp/fp (Mtt)

Beetles
Oedemeridae: Asclera ruficollis fp fq (WR)


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