Flower-Visiting Insects & Birds
of Cardinal
Flower
Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower)
(Short-tongued bees collect pollen & are non-pollinating; bumblebees perforate the flowers, steal nectar through these perforations [sn@prf], & are non-pollinating; other visitors suck nectar; one observation is from Graenicher as indicated below, otherwise they are from Robertson)
Birds
Trochilidae: Archilochus colubris sn fq (Rb, Gr)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus pensylvanica prf sn@prf fq np
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella striata cp np, Lasioglossum versatus cp np
Butterflies
Papilionidae: Battus philenor sn, Papilio polyxenes asterias sn, Papilio troilus sn