Flower-Visiting Insects and Birds
of Virginia Bluebells
Mertensia virginica (Virginia Bluebells)
(Hummingbirds, ants, butterflies, skippers, and moths suck nectar; bees suck nectar or collect pollen; flies suck nectar or feed on pollen; observations are from Robertson and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)
Birds
Trochilidae: Archilochus colubris sn (Rb)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera cp (Rb, WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus auricomus sn (Rb), Bombus bimaculatus sn (Rb, WR), Bombus griseocollis sn (Rb), Bombus impatiens (WR), Bombus pensylvanicus sn fq (Rb), Bombus vagans sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora abrupta sn (Rb), Anthophora ursina sn fq (Rb); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR), Ceratina dupla (WR), Ceratina strenua (WR); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia belfragii sn cp fq (Rb), Synhalonia dubitata sn fq (Rb), Synhalonia speciosa sn fq icp (Rb); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada cressonii sn (WR), Nomada dentariae sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica (WR); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia atriventris sn cp (Rb), Osmia lignaria lignaria sn (Rb), Osmia pumila sn cp (Rb)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura (WR), Augochlorella striata sn np (Rb), Lasioglossum birkmanni (WR), Lasioglossum cattellae (WR), Lasioglossum coeruleum (WR), Lasioglossum coriaceum (WR), Lasioglossum cressonii (WR), Lasioglossum ephialtum (WR), Lasioglossum foxii (WR), Lasioglossum hitchensi (WR), Lasioglossum nigroviride (WR), Lasioglossum obscurum (WR), Lasioglossum subviridatum (WR), Lasioglossum truncatum (WR), Lasioglossum versans (WR), Lasioglossum versatum sn np (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum zephyrum (WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena carlini (WR), Andrena cressonii (WR), Andrena dunningi (WR), Andrena nasoni (WR)
Ants
Formicidae: Lasius alienus sn np (WR), Prenolepis imparis sn np (WR), Tapinoma sessile sn np (WR)
Flies
Syrphidae: Rhingia nasica sn fp (Rb), Teuchocnemis lituratus fp np (Rb); Bombyliidae: Bombylius major sn (Rb, WR)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Danaus plexippus sn (Rb), Vanessa atalanta sn (Rb); Papilionidae: Papilio troilus sn (Rb)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Erynnis juvenalis sn (Rb)
Moths
Sphingidae: Hemaris thysbe sn (Rb), Hyles lineata sn (Rb)