Flower-Visiting Insects
of Nodding
Onion
Allium cernuum (Nodding Onion)
(Halictid bees suck nectar or collect pollen, while other insects suck nectar; all observations are from Graenicher)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus pensylvanica sn, Bombus ternarius sn; Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora terminalis sn, Anthophora walshii sn; Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica sn; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile centuncularis sn
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum albipennis cp, Lasioglossum forbesii sn cp, Lasioglossum imitatus cp, Lasioglossum zephyrus cp; Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes eulophi sn
Flies
Syrphidae: Tropidia quadrata sn
Butterflies
Pieridae: Pieris rapae sn