Flower-Visiting Insects
of Spider Milkweed


Asclepias viridis (Spider Milkweed)
(Insects suck nectar; information is limited; observations are from Moure & Hurd, Clinebell, Smith et al., and Kopper et al.)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus bimaculatus sn (Smh); Anthophoridae (Anthophorinae): Anthophora abrupta sn (Cl); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica sn (Smh)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella striata sn (MH)

Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Speyeria idalia sn (KMC)


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