Flower-Visiting Insects
of Spreading
Dogbane
Apocynum androsaemifolium (Spreading Dogbane)
(All insects suck nectar; some observations are from Robertson, otherwise they are from Moure & Hurd and Krombein et al. as indicated below)
With pollinia:
Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada articulata
Without pollinia:
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata, Augochlorella striata, Lasioglossum versatus, Lasioglossum zephyrus; Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus modestus modestus
Wasps
Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila kennedyi
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis arbustorum; Tachinidae: Copecrypta ruficauda, Linnaemya comta; Muscidae: Graphomya americana; Fanniidae: Fannia manicata
Pollinia Presence Unspecified:
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea (MH), Augochlorella persimilis (MH), Augochlorella striata (MH), Lasioglossum albipennis (MH), Lasioglossum cinctipes (MH), Lasioglossum coriaceus (MH), Lasioglossum cressonii (MH), Lasioglossum forbesii (MH), Lasioglossum foxii (MH), Lasioglossum illinoensis (MH), Lasioglossum imitatus (MH), Lasioglossum pectoralis (MH), Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus (MH), Lasioglossum tegularis (MH), Lasioglossum truncatus (MH), Lasioglossum versatus (MH), Lasioglossum zephyrus (MH); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus verticalis (Kr)