Flower-Visiting Insects
of Dame's Rocket


Hesperis matronalis (Dame's Rocket) introduced
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies and beetles suck nectar and/or feed on pollen, other insects suck nectar; observations are from Williams and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)

Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR), Ceratina dupla dupla (WR), Ceratina mikmaqi (WR), Ceratina strenua (WR); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica (WR)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum ellisiae (WR)

Ants
Formicidae (Formicinae): Camponotus pennsylvanicus sn np (WR), Formica subsericea sn np (WR), Lasius alienus sn np (WR)

Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis anthophorina (WR), Toxomerus marginatus (WR); Conopidae: Thecophora nigripes (WR)

Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Vanessa atalanta sn (WR)

Beetles
Cantharidae: 
Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Wms)


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