Flower-Visiting Insects
of Sky Blue
Aster
Aster oolentangiensis (Sky Blue Aster)
(Bees suck nectar or collect pollen, flies & beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen, other insects suck nectar; most observations are from Reed, otherwise they are Hilty and Krombein et al. as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus affinis, Bombus fervida, Bombus impatiens, Bombus vagans; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina sp.; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes dentiventris olg, Melissodes rustica, Melissodes subillata, Svastra obliqua obliqua; Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys rufitarsis; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile latimanus, Megachile relativa
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea, Agapostemon texanus texanus, Agapostemon virescens, Augochlorella striata, Augochloropsis metallica metallica, Halictus confusus, Halictus ligatus, Lasioglossum sp., Lasioglossum lineatulus, Lasioglossum pectoralis, Lasioglossum pilosus, Lasioglossum pruinosus, Lasioglossum rohweri, Lasioglossum vierecki; Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes simulans armatus; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena asteris, Andrena hirticincta, Andrena nubecula, Andrena simplex cp olg (Re, Kr); Andrenidae (Panurginae): Heterosarus nebrascensis
Wasps
Vespidae (Eumeninae): Ancistrocerus adiabatus
Ants
Formicidae: Unidentified species
Flies
Syrphidae: Epistrophe emarginata, Eristalis arbustorum, Eristalis dimidiatus, Eristalis stipator, Eristalis tenax, Eristalis transversus, Eupeodes sp., Helophilus fasciatus, Helophilus latifrons, Sphaerophoria sp.; Bombyliidae: Exoprosopa caliptera, Sparnopolius sp.; Conopidae: Zodion sp.; Tachinidae: Archytas sp.
Butterflies
Pieridae: Colias sp.
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Polites peckius (H)
Moths
Ctenuchidae: Cisseps fulvicollis
Beetles
Chrysomelidae: Diabrotica sp.; Meloidae: Epicauta pensylvanica, Luperaltica nigripalpis