Flower-Visiting Insects
of Pale-Spiked Lobelia
Lobelia spicata (Pale-Spiked Lobelia)
(Bees collect pollen or suck nectar as indicated below; other insects suck nectar; also includes information for Lobelia spicata var. leptostachys. Most observations are from Robertson, otherwise observations are from Swengel & Swengel, Grundel et al., Voss, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn (Rb); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus griseocallis sn (Rb), Bombus pensylvanica sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn (Rb, WR), Ceratina mikmaqi (WR); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes bimaculata bimaculata sn (Rb), Synhalonia speciosa sn (Rb), Svastra obliqua obliqua sn (Rb); Megachilidae (Anthidinini): Anthidium psoraleae sn (Rb); Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys octodentata sn (Rb), Coelioxys rufitarsis rufitarsis sn (Rb); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis brevis sn cp (Rb), Megachile campanulae campanulae sn (Rb), Megachile petulans sn fq (Rb), Megachile rugifrons sn (Rb); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis cylindricus sn (Rb), Hoplitis pilosifrons sn (Rb, WR), Osmia atriventris (WR),
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon virescens sn (Rb, WR), Augochlorella aurata (Gnd, WR), Augochlorella persimilis (WR), Augochlorella striata sn (Rb), Halictus confusus sn (Rb), Lasioglossum ephialtum (WR), Lasioglossum leucocomum (WR), Lasioglossum pilosum pilosu, cp np (Rb)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Sphecinae):Sceliphron caementarium sn (WR)
Flies
Bombyliidae: Bombylius fraudulentus sn (WR), Systoechus vulgaris sn (Rb)
Butterflies
Lycaenidae: Everes comyntas sn (Rb), Lycaeides melissa samuelis sn fq (Sw), Lycaena hyllus sn (Rb); Pieridae: Pieris rapae sn (Rb), Pontia protodice sn (Rb)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Ancyloxypha numitor sn (Rb), Erynnis juvenalis sn (Rb), Pholisora catullus sn (Rb), Polites mystic sn (V), Polites peckius sn (Rb), Polites themistocles sn (Rb)