Visitation of the endemic Dwarf Lake Iris, Iris lacustris, by Halictid bees, Augochlorella striata

Authors
Larson, BMH
Citation
Bmh. Larson, Visitation of the endemic Dwarf Lake Iris, Iris lacustris, by Halictid bees, Augochlorella striata, CAN FIELD-N, 112(3), 1998, pp. 522-524
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology
Journal title
CANADIAN FIELD-NATURALIST
ISSN journal
00083550 → ACNP
Volume
112
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
522 - 524
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-3550(199807/09)112:3<522:VOTEDL>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Insect visitors to the endemic the endemicDwarf Lake Iris (Iris lacustris) have not previously been reported. Halictid bees (Augochlorella striata) we re observed visiting I. lacustris at Dorcas Bay, Bruce Peninsula, Ontario, in late May 1996. Their floral visitation and grooming behaviours suggest t hat they are potential pollinators.