Flower-Visiting Insects
of Three-Birds Orchid
Triphora trianthophora (Three-Birds Orchid)
(another common name of this small orchid is Nodding Pogonia; bees probably suck nectar; observations are from S.A. Williams and Pace; the identification of a small bee as a Hylaeus sp. was only tentative)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus sp. sn (Wlm); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla (Pc)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura (Pc), Lasioglossum cressonii (Pc), Lasioglossum illinoense (Pc), Lasioglossum macoupinense (Pc), Lasioglossum quebecense (Pc), Lasioglossum versans (Pc); Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes sp. (Pc); Colletidae (Hylaeninae): Hylaeus sp. sn np (Wlm); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena sp. (Pc)