Flower-Visiting Insects
of Fireweed
Epilobium angustifolium (Fireweed)
(A scientific synonym of this plant is Chamerion angustifolium. Butterflies sucks nectar, bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, beetle activity is unspecified.Observations are from from Mitchell, Williams, Lovell, Voss, Stevens, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis meliifera (WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus griseocollis (WR), Bombus impatiens (WR), Bombus ternarius (WR); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile centuncularis (Mch), Megachile latimanus (Stv)
Butterflies
Papilionidae: Papilio glaucus sn (V); Nymphalidae: Speyeria cybele sn (V)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Wms), Rhagonycha scitula (Lv2); Cerambycidae: Clytus ruricola (Lv2)