Flower-Visiting Insects
of White Water Lily


Nymphaea tuberosa (White Water Lily)
(Bees collect pollen, flies feed on pollen, the weevil gnaws on floral tissue; some insects become dead on the flower and they are non-pollinating. Although Robertson doesn't list them as such, Hylaeus nelumbonis, Lasioglossum nelumbonis, and Lasioglossum nymphaearum are oligolectic on species of the Water Lily family; a scientific synonym of White Water Lily is Nymphaea odorata tuberosa.)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera cp (WR)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericeus cp fq [1 dead np] (Rb, WR), Agapostemon virescens cp fq (Rb), Augochlora pura pura cp (WR), Halictus parallelus cp [1 dead np] (Rb), Halictus rubicundus dead np (Rb), Lasioglossum coeruleum cp (WR), Lasioglossum coriaceum dead np (Rb), Lasioglossum nelumbonis cp fq olg (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum nymphaearum cp olg (Rb); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus nelumbonis cp olg (Rb)

Flies
Syrphidae: Helophilus latifrons fp (Rb), Parhelophilus divisus fp fq (Rb); Bombyliidae: Sparnopolius confusus dead np (Rb)

Beetles
Curculionidae: Bagous tanneri gnw np (WR); Rhipiphoridae: Macrosiagon limbata dead np (Rb)


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