Flower-Visiting Insects and Birds
of Large-Flowered False Foxglove


Aureolaria grandiflora (Large-Flowered False Foxglove)
(Hummingbirds suck nectar; long-tongued bees suck nectar or collect pollen; short-tongued bees collect pollen and are non-pollinating; Syrphid flies feed on pollen & are non-pollinating; Lasioglossum versatus collects stray pollen [csp] only; observations are from Robertson)

Birds
Trochilidae: Archilochus colubris sn

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus auricomus cp, Bombus griseocallis cp, Bombus impatiens sn cp, Bombus pensylvanica sn cp fq, Bombus vagans sn; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes bimaculata bimaculata sn cp; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile mendica cp

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum forbesii cp np, Lasioglossum versatus csp np

Flies
Syrphidae: Trichopsomyia apisaon fp np


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