Flower-Visiting Insects
of Fogfruit
Phyla lanceolata (Fogfruit)
(Also referred to as Frogfruit; short-tongued bees collect pollen or suck nectar, other insects suck nectar; most observations are from Robertson, otherwise they are from Fothergill & Vaughn as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus pensylvanica; Anthophoridae (Epeolini): Triepeolus lunatus concolor fq, Triepeolus lunatus lunatus; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Florilegus condigna, Melissodes dentiventris; Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys octodentata; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis brevis fq
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon virescens sn, Augochlora purus purus sn, Augochlorella aurata sn cp fq, Augochlorella striata sn, Augochloropsis metallica metallica sn, Halictus confusus sn, Halictus ligatus sn, Lasioglossum nymphaearum sn, Lasioglossum pectoralis sn cp fq, Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus sn, Lasioglossum tegularis sn cp fq; Andrenidae (Panurginae): Calliopsis andreniformis sn cp
Wasps
Sphecidae (Bembicinae): Bicyrtes ventralis; Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila kennedyi, Ammophila nigricans fq, Ammophila pictipennis, Prionyx atrata; Vespidae (Eumeninae): Stenodynerus ammonia, Stenodynerus anormis
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis stipator, Helophilus fasciatus, Helophilus latifrons, Orthonevra nitida, Paragus bicolor, Sphaerophoria contiqua, Syritta pipiens, Toxomerus marginatus fq, Tropidia quadrata; Bombyliidae: Exoprosopa fasciata, Exoprosopa fascipennis fq, Systoechus vulgaris; Conopidae: Physoconops brachyrhynchus; Tachinidae: Archytas analis fq, Copecrypta ruficauda, Cylindromyia dosiades, Cylindromyia euchenor, Periscepsia laevigata, Plagiomima spinosula, Spallanzania hesperidarum fq; Sarcophagidae: Amobia floridensis
Butterflies
Papilionidae: Papilio marcellus (FV); Nymphalidae: Libytheana carinenta (FV), Phyciodes tharos fq (Rb, FV); Lycaenidae: Everes comyntas, Lycaena hyllus, Strymon melinus (FV); Pieridae: Colias philodice, Eurema lisa, Nathalis iole (FV)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Ancyloxypha numitor fq (Rb, FV), Hylephila phyleus, Polites peckius, Polites themistocles