Flower-Visiting Insects
of Great Burdock


Arctium lappa (Great Burdock) introduced
(Bees suck nectar or collect pollen, flies suck nectar or feed on pollen, beetles feed on pollen, other insects suck nectar; observations are from Graenicher)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn cp; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus affinis sn cp, Bombus centralis sn cp, Bombus griseocallis sn cp, Bombus pensylvanica sn cp, Bombus ternarius sn cp, Bombus vagans sn cp; Anthophoridae (Epeolini): Triepeolus donatus sn; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes desponsa sn cp, Melissodes nivea, Melissodes trinodis sn; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile centuncularis sn cp, Megachile latimanus sn cp, Megachile mucida sn, Megachile pugnatus sn cp; Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia distincta sn

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea sn cp, Agapostemon virescens sn cp, Augochlorella striata sn cp, Halictus (or Lasioglossum) sp. sn cp, Halictus confusus sn cp, Lasioglossum cinctipes sn cp, Lasioglossum connexus sn cp, Lasioglossum coriaceus sn cp, Lasioglossum forbesii sn cp, Lasioglossum imitatus sn cp, Lasioglossum versatus sn cp, Lasioglossum zephyrus sn cp

Wasps
Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Eremnophila aureonotata; Vespidae: Dolichovespula arenaria, Polistes fuscata

Flies
Bombyliidae: Bombylius major, Villa alternata; Syrphidae: Eristalis anthophorina, Eristalis flavipes, Eristalis tenax, Eristalis transversus, Eupeodes americanus, Helophilus chrysostomus, Helophilus fasciatus, Platycheirus hyperboreus, Sphaerophoria contiqua, Syritta pipiens, Syrphus ribesii, Toxomerus geminatus, Tropidia quadrata

Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Speyeria cybele; Pieridae: Colias philodice, Pieris rapae

Skippers
Hesperiidae: Ancyloxypha numitor, Epargyreus clarus, Polites peckius, Polites themistocles

Beetles
Cerambycidae: Typocerus velutinus velutinus fp; Cleridae: Trichodes apivorus fp


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