Flower-Visiting
Insects
of Dotted Smartweed
Persicaria punctata (Dotted Smartweed)
(bees usually suck nectar, although some bees may collect pollen occasionally; flies usually suck nectar, although some flies may occasionally feed on pollen; other insects suck nectar; observations are from Robertson and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera (Rb)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura pura (WR), Augochlorella aurata (WR), Augochloropsis metallica metallica (Rb)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Bembicinae): Pseudoplisus divisus sn (Rb); Sphecidae (Crabroninae): Ectemnius continuus sn (Rb); Vespidae (Eumeninae): Ancistrocerus antilope sn (Rb), Eumenes fraternus sn (Rb); Vespidae (Polistinae): Polistes fuscatus sn (Rb)
Ants
Formicidae (Formicinae): Formica pallidefulva sn np (WR)
Flies
Syrphidae: Platycheirus quadratus (Rb), Syritta pipiens (Rb), Toxomerus marginatus (WR); Tachinidae: Archytas aterrima fq (Rb)