Self-pollination rate and floral-display size in Asclepias syriaca(Common Milkweed) with regard to floral-visitor taxa

Table 1 Identification of visitors included in the three visitor taxa: Apis mellifera , Bombus spp., and lepidopterans ¹

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.

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