Flower-Visiting Insects
of Thistle
Cirsium spp. (Thistle)
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, beetles feed on nectar or feed on pollen or gnaw on floral tissue, the ambush bug is a predator; observations are from Smith et al. Wilhelm & Rericha, and Rightmyer)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus pensylvanicus fq (Smh); Anthophoridae (Epeolini): Triepeolus lunatus sn (Rtm); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica (Smh); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia chalybea (Smh)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochloropsis metallica metallica (Smh), Lasioglossum reticulatum (Smh)
Beetles
Phalacridae: Olibrus semistriatus (WR); Scarabaeidae: Euphoria sepulcralis gnw np (WR)
Plant Bugs
Phymatidae: Phymata americana prd np (WR)