Flower-Visiting Insects
of Kalm's Lobelia


Lobelia kalmii (Kalm's Lobelia)
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, while the Syrphid fly feeds on pollen; observations are from Wilhelm & Rericha)

Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla (WR), Ceratina strenua (WR)

Bees (short-tongued)
Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus illinoisensis (WR); Andrenidae (Panurginae): Calliopsis andreniformis (WR)

Flies
Syrphidae: Toxomerus marginatus fp (WR)


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