Flower visitors on Colorado Thistle

62 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.

Monarch Danaus plexippus 101 records on plume thistles
Brown-belted Bumble Bee Bombus griseocollis 92 records on plume thistles
Golden Northern Bumble Bee Bombus fervidus 77 records on plume thistles
White-shouldered Bumble Bee Bombus appositus 38 records on plume thistles
Woodland Skipper Ochlodes sylvanoides 36 records on plume thistles
Pale Swallowtail Papilio eurymedon 33 records on plume thistles
Unarmed Leafcutter Bee Megachile inermis 33 records on plume thistles
Great Spangled Fritillary Argynnis cybele 31 records on plume thistles
Western Tiger Swallowtail Papilio rutulus 28 records on plume thistles
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee Agapostemon virescens 27 records on plume thistles
Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee Bombus flavifrons 27 records on plume thistles
Urbane Digger Bee Anthophora urbana 24 records on plume thistles
Coronis Fritillary Argynnis coronis 20 records on plume thistles
Tripartite Sweat Bee Halictus tripartitus 18 records on plume thistles
Anise Swallowtail Papilio zelicaon 16 records on plume thistles
Hunt's Bumble Bee Bombus huntii 16 records on plume thistles
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta 14 records on plume thistles
White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineata 14 records on plume thistles
Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee Bombus bifarius 14 records on plume thistles
Ligated Furrow Bee Halictus ligatus 13 records on plume thistles
Two-tailed Swallowtail Papilio multicaudata 12 records on plume thistles
American Branded Skipper Hesperia colorado 9 records on plume thistles
Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee Bombus insularis 9 records on plume thistles
Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme 8 records on plume thistles
Spotted Cucumber Beetle Diabrotica undecimpunctata 8 records on plume thistles
Western Leafcutter Bee Megachile perihirta 8 records on plume thistles
Western Bumble Bee Bombus occidentalis 8 records on plume thistles
Great Basin Bumble Bee Bombus centralis 7 records on plume thistles
Morrison's Bumble Bee Bombus morrisoni 7 records on plume thistles
Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus 6 records on plume thistles
Nevada Bumble Bee Bombus nevadensis 6 records on plume thistles
Western Carpenter Bee Xylocopa californica 6 records on plume thistles
Viceroy Limenitis archippus 5 records on plume thistles
Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna 4 records on plume thistles
Common Wood-Nymph Cercyonis pegala 4 records on plume thistles
Orange-legged Furrow Bee Halictus rubicundus 4 records on plume thistles
Northern Checkerspot Chlosyne palla 4 records on plume thistles
Peridot Sweat Bee Augochlorella pomoniella 4 records on plume thistles
Wide-footed Treehopper Enchenopa latipes 4 records on plume thistles
Bumblebee-like Digger Bee Anthophora bomboides 4 records on plume thistles
Clouded Sulphur Colias philodice 3 records on plume thistles
Checkered White Pontia protodice 3 records on plume thistles
Red-belted Bumble Bee Bombus rufocinctus 3 records on plume thistles
Western Yellowjacket Vespula pensylvanica 3 records on plume thistles
Vancouver Bumble Bee Bombus vancouverensis 3 records on plume thistles
Common Flower Fly Syrphus ribesii 3 records on plume thistles
Purplish Copper Tharsalea helloides 3 records on plume thistles
Police Car Moth Gnophaela vermiculata 3 records on plume thistles
Orange-tipped Wood-digger Anthophora terminalis 3 records on plume thistles
Heriades cressoni Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Senecio, Ericameria and 4 more 3 records on plume thistles
Convergent Lady Beetle Hippodamia convergens 2 records on plume thistles
Golden Dung Fly Scathophaga stercoraria 2 records on plume thistles
Common Aerial Yellowjacket Dolichovespula arenaria 2 records on plume thistles
West Coast Lady Vanessa annabella 2 records on plume thistles
Milbert's Tortoiseshell Aglais milberti 2 records on plume thistles
Western White Pontia occidentalis 2 records on plume thistles
Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble Bee Bombus flavidus 2 records on plume thistles
Sandhill Skipper Polites sabuleti 2 records on plume thistles
Northern White-Skipper Heliopetes ericetorum 2 records on plume thistles
Northern Rotund-Resin Bee Anthidiellum notatum 2 records on plume thistles
Pseudomasaris vespoides 2 records on plume thistles
Oval-headed Sweat Bee Lasioglossum ovaliceps 2 records on plume thistles