Flower-Visiting Insects
of Tall White Bog Orchid
Platanthera dilatata (Tall White Bog Orchid)
(all insects suck nectar; observations are from Janes et al.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus sp. sn (JVH)
Flies
Culicidae: Aedes sp. sn (JVH); Syrphidae: Eristalis sp. sn (JVH), Eupeodes sp. sn (JVH), Lapposyrphus lapponicus sn (JVH)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Boloria selene sn (JVH), Vanessa cardui sn (JVH); Papilionidae: Papilio canadensis sn (JVH), Papilio glaucus sn (JVH)
Skippersd
Hesperiidae: Polites peckius sn (JVH), Thymelicus lineola sn (JVH)
Moths
Geometridae: Rheumaptera sp. sn (JVH); Noctuidae: Aletia oxygala sn (JVH), Autographa californica sn (JVH), Autographa flagellum sn (JVH), Autogramma pseudogamma sn (JVH), Phlogophora iris sn (JVH), Plusia putnami sn (JVH), Pseudaletia unipuncta sn (JVH), Syngrapha rectangula sn (JVH); Notodontidae: Clostera apicalis sn (JVH); Thyatiridae: Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides sn (JVH)