Flower-Visiting Insects
of Purple Rocket


Iodanthus pinnatifidus (Purple Rocket)
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, butterflies suck nectar; observations are from Hilty and Wilhelm & Rericha; pollinating insects are more likely to visit the flowers when this plant is exposed to sunlight)

Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora terminalis (WR); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia pumila (WR)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum cressonii (WR), Lasioglossum obscurum (WR), Lasioglossum viridatum (WR)

Butterflies
Pieridae: Pieris rapae sn (H)


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