Flower-Visiting Insects & Birds
of Wild Columbine


Aquilegia canadensis (Wild Columbine)
(Hummingbirds suck nectar; bumblebees suck nectar or collect pollen; short-tongued bees collect pollen & are non-pollinating; observations are from Robertson, Graenicher, Reed, Moure & Hurd, and Mitchell as indicated below)

Birds
Trochilidae: Archilochus colubris sn (Rb, Gr)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus fervida (Re)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella striata cp np (MH), Lasioglossum sp. cp np (Re), Lasioglossum cressonii cp np (Re), Lasioglossum forbesii cp np (MH), Lasioglossum oblongus cp np (Mch), Lasioglossum obscurus cp np (Mch)


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