Flower-Visiting
Insects
of Halberd-Leaved Rose Mallow
Hibiscus laevis (Halberd-Leaved Rose Mallow)
(also known as Hibiscus militaris; bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, beetles feed on pollen; observations are from Robertson and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus pensylvanicus sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Emphorini): Melitoma taurea sn (Rb), Ptilothrix bombiformis sn cp fq olg (Rb, WR); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes bimaculata bimaculata (WR), Peponapis pruinosa sn fq (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura pura (WR), Lasioglossum coeruleum WR), Lasioglossum cressonii (WR); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus nelumbonis (WR)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus fp (WR); Chrysomelidae: Diabrotica undecimpunctata fp (WR), Diabrotica virgifera fp (WR)