Table 1.
Identification of visitors included in the three visitor taxa: Apis mellifera, Bombus spp., and lepidopterans1
| Order | Family | Genus | Species | Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visitors collected | ||||
| Hymenoptera |
Apidae |
Apis |
mellifera |
51 |
| |
|
Bombus |
bimaculatus |
7 |
| |
|
|
griseocollis |
139 |
| |
|
|
impatiens |
2 |
| |
|
|
vagans |
5 |
| Lepidoptera |
Arctiidae |
Lophocampa |
caryae |
1 |
| |
Crambidae |
- |
- |
6 |
| |
Geometridae |
- |
- |
7 |
| |
Hesperiidae |
Pompeius |
verna |
1 |
| |
Noctuidae |
Megalographa |
biloba |
6 |
| |
Noctuidae |
- |
- |
1 |
| |
Papilionidae |
Papilio |
glaucus |
1 |
| |
Pyralidae |
- |
- |
4 |
| Visitors not collected | ||||
| Hymenoptera |
Apidae |
Apis |
mellifera |
24 |
| |
|
Bombus |
spp. |
118 |
| Lepidoptera |
- |
- |
- |
12 |
| |
Hesperiidae |
Epargyreus |
clarus |
2 |
| |
Papilionidae |
- |
- |
1 |
| Papilio | glaucus | 1 | ||
1Insect visitor’s quick movements at focal inflorescences often prevented us from collecting the visitors. We identified collected visitors to the lowest possible taxonomic level in our lab, and the rest to the lowest possible taxonomic level in the field.