Flower-Visiting Insects
of Blue Woodland Lettuce
Lactuca floridana (Blue Woodland Lettuce)
(Bees suck nectar, collect pollen, or feed on pollen; other insects suck nectar; observations are from Robertson and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn cp fq (Rb); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus auricomus sn (Rb), Bombus impatiens sn cp (Rb); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR), Ceratina dupla dupla sn (Rb, WR), Ceratina mikmaqi (WR), Ceratina strenua (WR); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes boltoniae sn (Rb), Svastra obliqua obliqua sn fq (Rb)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura (WR), Halictus ligatus sn cp (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum coriaceum (WR), Lasioglossum imitatum cp np (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum laevissimum (WR), Lasioglossum obscurum (WR), Lasioglossum pectorale cp np (Rb), Lasioglossum pilosum pilosum cp np (Rb); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes americana sn (Rb); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis fp np (Rb)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus sn fq (Rb)