Flower-Visiting Insects
of Deam's Dayflower
Commelina erecta deamii (Deam's Dayflower)
(some bees suck watery fluid [swf] from the upper bracts & calyces of the flowers, while other bees collect pollen; beetles and flies feed on pollen; observations are from Wilhelm & Rericha)
Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata cp (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochloropsis sumptuosa swf (WR), Lasioglossum floridanum cp (WR), Lasioglossum vierecki cp (WR); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes mandibularis swf (WR)
Flies
Syrphidae: Toxomerus marginatus fp (WR)
Beetles
Chrysomelidae: Luperaltica nigripalpis fp (WR)