Flower-Visiting Insects
of Wood Betony
Pedicularis canadensis (Wood Betony)
(bees suck nectar or collect pollen; ants suck nectar and are non-pollinating; butterflies and skippers suck nectar; the beetle gnaws on the flowers and is non-pollinating; observations are from Macior, Swengel & Swengel, Grundel et al., Voss, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus affinis sn (Mc), Bombus auricomus sn cp fq (Mc, WR), Bombus bimaculatus sn cp fq (Mc, Gnd, WR), Bombus fervidus sn cp fq (Mc, WR), Bombus griseocollis sn cp fq (Mc, WR), Bombus impatiens sn cp fq (Mc, WR), Bombus pensylvanicus sn fq (Mc), Bombus vagans sn cp (Mc, WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata (WR), Halictus confusus (WR), Lasioglossum anomalum (WR)
Ants
Formicidae: Crematogaster cerasi sn np (WR), Formica incerta sn np (WR), Formica subsericea sn np (WR), Lasius alienus sn np (WR)
Butterflies
Lycaenidae: Lycaeides melissa samuelis sn (Sw)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Erynnis juvenalis sn (V), Hesperia sassacus sn (V), Poanes hobomok sn (V)
Beetles
Chrysomelidae: Capraita circumdata gnw np (WR)