Flower-Visiting Insects
of Broad-leaved Cattail


Typha latifolia (Broad-leaved Cattail)
(while this plant is widely regarded as wind-pollinated, bees collect pollen from the staminate inflorescences; observations are from Wilhelm & Rericha)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera cp (WR); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina mikmaqi cp (WR); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica cp (WR)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura pura cp (WR), Augochlorella aurata cp (WR), Augochlorella persimilis cp (WR), Halictus confusus cp (WR), Lasioglossum apocyni cp (WR), Lasioglossum coeruleum cp (WR), Lasioglossum coriaceum cp (WR), Lasioglossum cressonii cp (WR), Lasioglossum hitchensi cp (WR), Lasioglossum illinoense cp (WR), Lasioglossum imitatum cp (WR), Lasioglossum oblongum cp (WR), Lasioglossum pilosum cp (WR), Lasioglossum subviridatum cp (WR), Lasioglossum truncatum cp (WR), Lasioglossum versatum cp (WR), Lasioglossum viridatum cp (WR), Lasioglossum zephyrum cp (WR)


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