Flower-Visiting Insects
of Sulfur Cinquefoil


Potentilla recta (Sulfur Cinquefoil) introduced
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies suck nectar or feed on pollen, beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen or gnaw on floral tissue, other insects suck nectar. Observations are from Reed, Grundel & Pavlovic, Krombein et al., Lewis, Mawdsley, MacRae, Grundel et al., Voss, Wilhelm & Rericha, and O'Brien as indicated below.)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera (WR); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina sp. (Re), Ceratina calcarata (WR), Ceratina dupla (WR), Ceratina mikmaqi (WR); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis pilosifrons (WR)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata (WR), Halictus confusus (Re), Halictus ligatus (Re), Halictus parallelus (Re), Lasioglossum sp. (Re), Lasioglossum albipenne (Re), Lasioglossum laevissimum (Re), Lasioglossum paradmirandum (Re), Lasioglossum perpunctatum (WR), Lasioglossum pilosum (Gnd), Lasioglossum pruinosum (Re), Lasioglossum rohweri (Re); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus sp. (WR), Hylaeus affinis (Re, WR), Hylaeus illinoisensis (WR), Hylaeus mesillae (Re), Hylaeus modestus (WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena ceanothi (WR), Andrena commoda (Re), Andrena cressonii (Re), Andrena miranda (Kr); Andrenidae (Panurginae): Calliopsis andreniformis sn (Kr)

Wasps
Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Podalonia luctuosa sn (OB)

Ants
Formicidae (Formicinae): Formica incerta sn np (WR), Formica subsericea sn np (WR), Formica vinculans sn np (WR)

Flies
Syrphidae: Allograpta obliqua (Re), Eristalis tenax (WR), Toxomerus marginatus (Re, WR)

Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Speyeria cybele sn (V); Lycaenidae: Lycaeides melissa samuelis sn (GP); Pieridae: Pieris rapae sn (Lw)

Beetles
Buprestidae: Acmaeodera ornata (McR); Cerambycidae: Euderces picipes (WR); Cleridae: Trichodes nuttalli (Mwd); Scarabaeidae: Macrodactylus subspinosus (WR)


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