Flower-Visiting Insects
of Daisy Fleabane
Erigeron strigosus (Daisy Fleabane)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies suck nectar or feed on pollen, beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen or gnaw on floral tissue, other insects suck nectar. Observations are from Robertson, Mitchell, Moure & Hurd, Reed, Grundel & Pavlovic, Krombein et al., Lisberg & Young, Grundel et al., Williams, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera sn; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata sn (Rb, Gnd, WR), Ceratina dupla sn cp fq (Rb, Gnd, WR), Ceratina mikmaqi (WR), Ceratina strenua (Gnd, WR); Anthophoridae (Epeolini): Epeolus bifasciatus sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada articulata sn (Rb), Nomada denticulata sn (Rb), Nomada erigeronis sn (Rb), Nomada sayi sn (WR); Anthophoridae (Pastitidini): Holcopasites calliopsidis sn (WR), Holcopasites illinoiensis sn fq (Rb); Megachilidae (Stelidini): Stelis lateralis sn fq (Rb), Stelis trypetinum sn fq (Rb); Megachilidae (Trypetini): Heriades leavitti sn cp fq (Rb, WR), Heriades variolosus sn (Rb, WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon virescens (WR), Augochlorella aurata sn cp (Rb, Gnd, WR), Augochloropsis sumptuosa (Gnd), Halictus confusus sn cp fq (Rb), Halictus ligatus sn cp fq (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum albipenne sn cp fq (Rb, MH, Re), Lasioglossum imitatum sn cp (Rb), Lasioglossum macoupinense (WR), Lasioglossum paradmirandum (Re), Lasioglossum pectorale sn cp (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum pilosum (Gnd), Lasioglossum pruinosum sn cp (Rb), Lasioglossum tegulare sn cp (Rb), Lasioglossum versatum sn (Rb), Lasioglossum viridatum (WR), Lasioglossum zephyrum sn (Rb); Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes cressonii sn (Rb), Sphecodes stygius sn (Rb); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes eulophi sn (Rb), Colletes mandibularis (Mch, Kr); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis sn (Rb), Hylaeus floridanus sn (Rb), Hylaeus mesillae sn (Rb, Gnd), Hylaeus modestus (Gnd); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena quintilis sn (Kr)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Crabroninae): Oxybelus mexicanus sn (Rb); Sphecidae (Philanthinae): Cerceris clypeata sn (Rb); Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila pictipennis sn (Rb); Vespidae (Eumeninae): Leionotus ziziae sn (Rb–MS), Stenodynerus ammonia sn (Rb), Stenodynerus anormis sn fq (Rb), Stenodynerus histrionalis sn (Rb); Chrysididae: Chrysis montana sn (Rb); Leucospididae: Leucospis affinis sn (Rb); Braconidae: Coeloides scolytivorus sn (Rb)
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis dimidiata (Rb), Eristalis stipator (Rb), Paragus bicolor (Rb), Paragus geminatus (Rb), Sphaerophoria contiqua (Rb), Syritta pipiens (Rb), Toxomerus geminatus (Rb, Re), Toxomerus marginatus fq (Rb, Re, WR), Tropidia mamillata (Rb); Empidae: Empis clausa sn (Rb); Bombyliidae: Bombylius atriceps sn (Rb), Bombylius fraudulentus sn (WR), Exoprosopa fascipennis sn (Rb), Ogcodocera leucoprocta (Rb, WR), Toxophora amphitea (Rb); Conopidae: Zodion fulvifrons sn (Rb); Tachinidae: Cylindromyia euchenor sn (Rb), Cylindromyia propusilla sn (Rb), Epigrimyia polita sn (Rb), Gymnoclytia immaculata sn (Rb), Gymnoclytia occidua sn (Rb), Gymnosoma fuliginosum sn (Rb), Leucostoma simplex sn (Rb), Periscepsia laevigata sn (Rb), Phasia purpurascens sn fq (Rb), Siphona geniculata sn (Rb); Sarcophagidae: Amobia floridensis (Rb), Helicobia rapax (Rb), Ravinia anxia (Rb), Senotainia rubriventris fq (Rb), Sphixapata trilineata (Rb); Muscidae: Limnophora narona (Rb), Neomyia cornicina (Rb); Anthomyiidae: Calythea nigricans (Rb), Delia platura (Rb); Milichiidae: Pholeomyia indecora (Rb); Tephritidae: Orellia ruficauda (Re)
Butterflies
Lycaenidae: Lycaeides melissa samuelis sn (GP), Lycaena hyllus sn (Rb)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Wms); Melyridae: Collops quadrimaculatus fp np (Rb); Mordellidae: Mordella marginata (LY), Mordellaria serval (LY), Mordellistena cervicalis (LY, WR), Mordellistena comata fp np (Rb); Rhipiphoridae: Rhipiphorus fasciatus lgf (WR)
Plant Bugs
Miridae: Lygus lineolaris (Rb, WR); Rhopalidae: Harmostes reflexulus (WR)