Flower-Visiting Insects
of Sand Coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata (Sand Coreopsis)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen; flies suck nectar or feed on pollen; beetles feed on nectar, feed on pollen, or gnaw on floral tissue; plant bugs suck nectar or feed on floral tissue; other insects suck nectar. Observations are from Grundel & Pavlovic, Herms, MacRae, Lisberg & Young, Grundel et al., Williams, Voss, Wilhelm & Rericha, and Rightmyer as indicated below.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera (WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus impatiens (Gnd, WR), Psithyrus citrinus sn (WR); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR), Ceratina dupla (WR), Ceratina mikmaqi (Gnd, WR), Ceratina strenua (Gnd, WR); Anthophoridae (Epeolini): Triepeolus subnitens sn (Rtm); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada australis sn (WR), Nomada fervida sn (Gnd), Nomada lepida sn (Gnd), Nomada maculata sn (Gnd), Nomada rubicunda sn (WR); Megachilidae (Anthidiini): Dianthidium simile (WR); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis (WR), Megachile mendica (Gnd, WR), Megachile pugnata (WR); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia georgica (Gnd, WR); Megachilidae (Stelidini): Stelis lateralis sn (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon splendens (WR), Agapostemon texanus (WR), Agapostemon virescens (WR), Augochlora pura (Gnd, WR), Augochlorella aurata (Gnd, WR), Augochlorella persimilis (WR), Augochloropsis metallica metallica (Gnd), Augochloropsis sumptuosa (WR), Halictus confusus (WR), Halictus ligatus (Gnd, WR), Lasioglossum floridanum (WR), Lasioglossum fuscipenne (Gnd), Lasioglossum leucocomum (WR), Lasioglossum paraforbesii (WR), Lasioglossum pectorale (Gnd, WR), Lasioglossum perpunctatum (WR), Lasioglossum pilosum (WR), Lasioglossum vierecki (WR); Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes pimpinellae sn (Gnd); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena rudbeckiae sn (WR); Andrenidae (Panurginae): Perdita bequaerti (WR)
Wasps
Scoliidae: Campsomeris plumipes sn (WR)
Ants
Formicidae (Dolichoderinae): Forelius pruinosus sn np (WR); Formicidae (Formicinae): Formica dolosa sn np (WR), Formica incerta sn np (WR), Formica subsericea sn np (WR), Lasius neoniger sn np (WR); Formicidae (Myrmicinae): Crematogaster cerasi sn np (WR), Myrmica AF-eva sn np (WR), Myrmica americana sn np (WR)Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis stipator (WR), Eristalis tenax (WR), Eristalis transversa (WR), Toxomerus marginatus (WR); Conopidae: Physocephala texana sn (WR), Zodion fulvifrons sn (WR), Zodion intermedium sn (WR), Zodion obliquefasciatum sn (WR)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Chlosyne nycteis sn (V), Phyciodes tharos sn (V), Vanessa virginiensis sn (V); Lycaenidae: Lycaeides melissa samuelis sn fq (GP, Hm); Pieridae: Colias philodice sn (V)
Beetles
Buprestidae: Acmaeodera neglecta (McR), Acmaeodera ornata (McR), Acmaeodera pulchella (WR); Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Wms); Cerambycidae: Pseudostrangalia cruenta (WR); Chrysomelidae: Acanthoscelides calvus (WR); Cleridae: Trichodes nuttalli (WR); Dermestidae: Cryptorhopalum triste (WR); Meloidae: Nemognatha nemorensis (WR); Melyridae: Collops quadrimaculatus (WR), Collops vicarius (WR); Mordellidae: Mordellistena aspersa (WR), Mordellistena cervicalis (WR), Mordellistena rubrilabris (LY); Scarabaeidae: Trichiotinus viridans (WR)
Plant Bugs
Coreidae: Merocoris distinctus (WR); Lygaeidae: Lygaeus kalmii (WR); Miridae: Lygocoris quercalbae (WR); Pachygronthidae: Phlegyas abbreviatus (WR); Rhopalidae: Harmostes reflexulus (WR)