Flower-Visiting Insects
of Yellow Giant
Hyssop
Agastache nepetoides (Yellow Giant Hyssop)
(Bees suck nectar or collect pollen; Syrphid flies feed on pollen and are non-pollinating; other insects suck nectar; observations are from Robertson)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn fq; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus griseocallis sn cp fq, Bombus impatiens sn cp fq, Bombus pensylvanica sn cp fq, Bombus vagans sn fq; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes bimaculata bimaculata sn
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora purus sn np, Lasioglossum imitatus cp fq np, Lasioglossum versatus cp np
Wasps
Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila nigricans sn
Flies
Syrphidae: Syritta pipiens fp np, Toxomerus geminatus fp np; Bombyliidae: Exoprosopa fasciata sn
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Danaus plexippus sn; Pieridae: Pieris rapae sn