Flower-Visiting Insects
of Indigo Bush


Amorpha fruiticosa (Indigo Bush)
(Also called False Indigo; bees suck nectar or collect pollen; some observations are from Krombein et al. as indicated below, otherwise they are from Robertson)

Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn cp fq; Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada articulata sn; Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys sayi sn

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum imitatus sn cp, Lasioglossum pectoralis sn cp, Lasioglossum tegularis sn cp; Halictidae (Nomiinae): Nomia nortoni (Kr); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis sn, Hylaeus modestus modestus sn, Hylaeus saniculae sn; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena ceanothi (Kr), Andrena illinoiensis (Kr), Andrena imitatrix imitatrix (Kr), Andrena quintilis cp olg (Kr), Andrena ziziae (Kr)


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