Flower-Visiting Insects
of Early Figwort


Scrophularia lanceolata (Early Figwort)
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, the fly feeds on pollen, the plant bug sucks nectar or feeds on floral tissue, other insects suck nectar; observations are from Wilhelm & Rericha)

Bees (long-tongued)
Bombidae (Bombini): Bombus vagans (WR)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata (WR), Lasioglossum birkmanni (WR), Lasioglossum coriaceum (WR), Lasioglossum cressonii (WR), Lasioglossum fedorense (WR), Lasioglossum foveolatum (WR), Lasioglossum macoupinense (WR), Lasioglossum pilosum (WR)

Wasps
Vespidae (Polistinae): Polistes fuscatus sn (WR); Vespidae (Vespinae): Dolichovespula maculata sn (WR), Vespula vidua sn (WR)

Ants
Formicidae (Dolichoderinae): Tapinoma sessile sn np (WR); Formicidae (Formicinae): Camponotus noveboracensis sn np (WR), Camponotus pennsylvanicus sn np (WR), Prenolepis imparis sn np (WR)

Flies
Syrphidae: Toxomerus marginatus fp (WR)

Plant Bugs
Miridae: Metriorrhynchomiris dislocatus (WR)


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