Flower-Visiting Insects
of Wild Lupine
Lupinus perennis (Wild Lupine)
(Bees collect pollen or explore the flowers; flies feed on pollen or explore the flowers; wasps, butterflies, and moths explore the flowers & don't feed; the beetle feeds on pollen. Observations are from Mitchell, Reed, Grundel & Pavlovic, Swengel & Swengel, Grundel et al., Discover Life, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below. Only pollen is available as a floral reward.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera (Gnd, WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus auricomus (WR), Bombus bimaculatus (Gnd, WR), Bombus fervidus (Re, WR), Bombus griseocollis (Gnd, WR), Bombus impatiens (WR), Bombus pensylvanicus (WR), Bombus vagans (WR); Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Habropoda laboriosus (Mch); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla (Gnd), Ceratina strenua (WR); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia atriventris (Mch), Synhalonia hamata (Re); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica (WR); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis (Mch); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis pilosifrons (Re), Osmia atriventris (WR), Osmia bucephala (Gnd), Osmia collinsiae (Mch), Osmia conjuncta (Mch), Osmia distincta (WR), Osmia georgica (Mch), Osmia lignaria (Mch, DL), Osmia pumila (Gnd, DL)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata (Gnd, WR), Lasioglossum anomalum (WR), Lasioglossum callidum (Gnd), Lasioglossum floridanum (Gnd), Lasioglossum fuscipenne (Gnd), Lasiglossum leucocomum (WR), Lasioglossum mitchelli (Gnd), Lasioglossum oblongum (Gnd), Lasioglossum pictum (Re), Lasioglossum pilosum (Mch, Re, WR), Lasioglossum vierecki (Gnd, WR), Lasioglossum viridatum (WR); Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes clematidis exp (WR); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes inaequalis (DL), Colletes thoracicus (Gnd); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus sp. (WR), Hylaeus affinis (Re), Hylaeus illinoisensis (WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena ceanothi (Gnd), Andrena cressonii (Gnd), Andrena wilkella (Re, WR)
Wasps
Vespidae: Polistes fuscatus exp (Re)
Flies
Stratiomyidae: Stratiomys adelpha (WR); Syrphidae: Platycheirus sp. (Re), Toxomerus marginatus (WR); Bombyliidae: Villa sp. (Re)
Butterflies
Lycaenidae: Lycaeides melissa samuelis exp np (GP, Sw)
Moths
Sphingidae: Hemaris thysbe exp (WR)
Beetles
Curculionidae: Centrinites strigicollis fp (WR)