Flower-Visiting Insects
of Hooded Ladies' Tresses
Spiranthes romanzoffiana (Hooded Ladies' Tresses)
(bees, skippers, and moths suck nectar; only bees are effective pollinators of the flowers; observations are from Catling, Godfery, and Pace)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Bombus borealis sn (Ct, Pc), Bombus fervida sn (Ct), Bombus perplexus sn (Ct, Pc), Bombus terricola (Pc), Bombus vagans sn (Ct, Gd, Pc), Psithyrus ashtoni sn (Ct, Pc), Psithyrus insularis sn (Ct); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile melanophaea sn (Ct, Pc)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Halictus confusus sn (Gd, Pc), Lasioglossum cinctipes sn (Ct), Lasioglossum zonulum sn (Ct, Pc); Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes smilacinae sn (Gd)
Flies
Syrphidae: Unidentified spp. np (Ct)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Erynnis lucilius sn np (Ct), Thymelicus lineola sn np (Ct)
Moths
Noctuidae: Syngrapha sp. sn np (Ct), Syngrapha epigaea sn np (Ct), Syngrapha octoscripta sn np (Ct)
Beetles
Curculionidae: Stethobaris ovata sn np (Ct)