Flower-Visiting Insects
of Swamp Buttercup
Ranunculus septentrionalis (Swamp Buttercup)
(Bees suck nectar or collect pollen; beetles and flies suck nectar or feed on pollen; other insects suck nectar; observations are from Robertson, Graenicher, Krombein et al., and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata sn (Rb, WR), Ceratina dupla dupla sn cp fq (Rb, WR), Ceratina mikmaqi (WR), Ceratina strenua (WR); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia belfragii sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada denticulata sn (WR), Nomada sayi sn (WR); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia conjuncta cp (Rb), Osmia distincta sn (Rb), Osmia lignaria lignaria sn (Rb), Osmia pumila sn cp fq (Rb)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura sn (Rb, WR), Augochlorella striata sn cp fq (Rb), Halictus confusus sn cp (Rb, WR), Halictus ligatus sn cp (Rb), Halictus rubicundus sn cp (Rb), Lasioglossum atwoodi (WR), Lasioglossum birkmanni (WR), Lasioglossum coriaceum sn cp fq (Rb), Lasioglossum cressonii (WR), Lasioglossum foxii (WR), Lasioglossum imitatum sn (Rb), Lasioglossum macoupinense sn fq (Rb), Lasioglossum nigroviride (WR), Lasioglossum obscurum sn cp fq (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum pectorale sn cp (Rb), Lasioglossum pilosum pilosum sn cp (Rb), Lasioglossum subviridatum (WR), Lasioglossum viridatum (WR), Lasioglossum zephyrum sn (Rb); Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes ranunculi sn (Rb, WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena carlini (WR), Andrena cressonii sn cp (Rb, WR), Andrena miranda (Kr), Andrena personata sn (Rb), Andrena polemonii sn fq (Rb), Andrena ziziae (WR)
Ants
Formicidae: Camponotus subbaarbatus sn (WR), Formica subsericea sn (WR), Lasius alienus sn (WR), Prenolepis imparis sn (WR)
Flies
Syrphidae: Cheilosia capillata fq (Rb), Dasysyrphus venustus (Rb), Eupeodes americanus (Rb), Pipiza femoralis (Rb), Platycheirus obscurus (Rb), Sphaerophoria contiqua (Rb), Syrphus ribesii (Rb), Syrphus torvus (Rb), Toxomerus geminatus (Rb), Trichopsomyia apisaon (Rb); Bombyliidae: Bombylius fascipennis (Rb), Bombylius major (Rb, Gr); Tachinidae: Siphona geniculata (Rb); Muscidae: Morellia micans (Rb), Phaonia diruta (Rb); Anthomyiidae: Anthomyia pluvialis (Rb), Delia platura (Rb), Delia radicum (Rb); Milichiidae: Phyllomyza dilatata (Rb)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Erynnis brizo sn (Rb), Erynnis juvenalis sn (Rb), Thorybes bathyllus sn (Rb)
Beetles
Carabidae: Lebia pumila (WR), Lebia viridis sn np (Rb); Chrysomelidae: Acalymma vittatum fp np (Rb); Coccinellidae: Coleomegilla maculata fp np (Rb); Curculionidae: Centrinaspis perscilla fp np (Rb), Idiostethus subcalvus sn np (Rb); Oedemeridae: Asclera ruficollis fp icp np (Rb, WR); Pyrochroidae: Pedilus terminalis sn fq (Rb)