Flower-Visiting Insects
of White Turtlehead
Chelone glabra (White Turtlehead)
(According to Costelloe, bumblebees suck nectar; the flowers are mildly fragrant; observations are from Costelloe, Lovell, and Wilhelm & Rericha)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus fervidus (Lvl), Bombus impatiens cp (Cst, WR), Bombus vagans sn fq (Cst, Lvl); Anthophoridae (Anthophorinae): Anthophora terminalis (WR); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile gemula sn cp (WR), Megachile latimanus (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum leucocomum (WR); Colletidae (Hylaeninae): Hylaeus illinoisensis cp (WR)