Flower-Visiting Insects
of Blue
Vine
Cynanchum laeve (Blue Vine)
(Insects suck nectar; most observations are from Robertson, although two observations are from Hilty; another scientific name for this plant is Ampelamus albidus)
With pollinia:
Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Svastra atripes atripes
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum imitatus, Lasioglossum tegularis, Lasioglossum versatus, Lasioglossum zephyrus
Wasps
Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Sphex nudus; Vespidae: Polistes fuscata; Sapygidae: Sapyga interrupta; Tiphiidae: Myzinum quinquecincta fq
Flies
Bombyliidae: Chrysanthrax cypris; Conopidae: Physoconops brachyrhynchus; Tachinidae: Panzeria aldrichi, Phasia aeneoventris; Calliphoridae: Lucilia sericata
Without pollinia:
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochloropsis metallica metallica, Lasioglossum illinoensis, Paralictus cephalotes, Paralictus platyparius; Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus illinoisensis, Hylaeus mesillae
Wasps
Vespidae (Eumeninae): Leionotus ziziae (Rb, MS)
Flies
Empidae: Empis clausa
Pollinia Presence Unspecified:
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Danaus plexippus (H), Junonia coenia (H)