Flower-Visiting Insects
and Birds
of Smooth Phlox
Phlox glaberrima (Smooth Phlox)
(Birds, butterflies, skippers, and moths suck nectar; Syrphid flies and beetles feed on pollen and they are non-pollinating; observations are from Robertson, Williams, Wilhelm & Rericha, and Rudolph et al. as indicated below.)
Birds
Trochilidae: Archilochus colubris sn (WR)
Flies
Syrphidae: Eupeodes americanus fp np (Rb)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Danaus plexippus sn (Rb), Speyeria cybele sn (Rud); Pieridae: Colias philodice sn (Rb); Papilionidae: Battus philenor sn (Rb), Papilio cresphontes sn (Rb), Papilio polyxenes asterias sn (Rb)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Polites peckius sn (Rb)
Moths
Ctenuchidae: Cisseps fulvicollis sn (Rb); Sphingidae: Hemaris thysbe sn (WR)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus fp np (Wms)