Flower-Visiting Insects
of Steeplebush
Spiraea tomentosa (Steeplebush)
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, while the butterfly sucks nectar; observations are from Swengel & Swengel, Discover Life, and Wilhelm & Rericha)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera (WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus affinis (DL), Bombus griseocollis (WR), Bombus impatiens (WR, DL), Bombus rufocinctus (DL), Bombus ternarius (DL), Bombus terricola (DL), Bombus vagans (DL)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura (DL), Lasioglossum atwoodi (WR), Lasioglossum hitchensi (WR); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus mesillae (WR), Hylaeus modestus (DL)
Butterflies
Lycaenidae: Lycaeides melissa samuelis sn (Sw)