Flower-Visiting Insects
of Yellow Wild Indigo
Baptisia tinctoria (Yellow Wild Indigo)
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies suck nectar or feed on pollen or feed on stray pollen, beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen or gnaw on floral tissue; observations are from LaBerge, Discover Life, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera (WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus auricomus (WR), Bombus fervidus (DL), Bombus griseocollis (WR), Bombus impatiens (WR), Bombus vagans (DL); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes bimaculata bimaculata (LB); Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys modesta sn (WR); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile addenda sn (DL, WR), Megachile brevis brevis (DL), Megachile campanulae (DL, WR), Megachile exilis (DL), Megachile frugalis (DL), Megachile gemula (WR), Megachile mendica (DL), Megachile montivaga (DL), Megachile petulans (DL), Megachile rugifrons (WR), Megachile texana (DL); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis pilosifrons (DL), Hoplitis spoliata (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata (WR)
Flies
Syrphidae: Milesia virginiensis (WR), Toxomerus marginatus (WR); Conopidae: Physocephala tibialis (WR)
Beetles
Mordellidae: Mordella marginata (WR)