Pollinators

Maryland Native Insect Pollinators

Select Maryland Native Insect Pollinators  are listed below.   There are the species featured in the Garden Templates.  In time, all native species will be added.

Butterflies

American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)

Appalachian Brown (Lethe appalachia)

Baltimore Checkerspot (Euphydryas phaeton)

Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)

Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator)

Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)

Coral Hairstreak (Satyrium titus)

Crossline Skipper (Polites origenes)

Dusted Skipper (Atrytonopsis hianna)

Fall Webworm (Hyphantria cunea)

Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele)

Henry's Elfin (Callophrys henrici)

Mitchell's Satyr (Neonympha mitchellii)

Monarch (Danaus plexippus)

Silver-bordered Fritillary (Boloria bellona)

Silvery Checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis)

Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus)

Summer Azure (Celastrina neglecta)

Swarthy Skipper (Nastra lherminier)

Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)

Wild Indigo Duskywing (Erynnis baptisiae)

Moths

American Crescent Borer (Helotropha reniformis)

American Ear Moth (Amphipoea americana)

Bold-Feathered Grass Moth (Herpetogramma pertextalis)

Celery Leaftier (Udea rubigalis)

Hummingbird Clearwing Moth (Hemaris thysbe)

Io Moth (Automeris io)

Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)

Red Swordgrass Moth (Xylena nupera)

Spotted Beet Webworm (Hymenia perspectalis)

Oblique-Banded Leafroller Moth (Choristoneura rosaceana)

Whitemarked Tussock Moth (Orgyia leucostigma)

Bees

American Bumblebee (Bombus pensylvanicus)

Aster-loving Mining Bee (Andrena asteris)

Black-And-Gold Bumble Bee (Bombus auricomus)

Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens)

Coneflower Mining Bee (Andrena rudbeckiae)

Epauletted Mining Bee (Andrena distans)

Golden Northern Bumble Bee (Bombus fervidus)

Half-Black Bumble Bee (Bombus vagans)

Leafcutter Bee (Megachile spp)

Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee (Bombus citrinus)

Perplexing Bumble Bee (Bombus perplexus)

Ragwort Mining Bee (Andrena gardineri)

Two-Spotted Bumble Bee (Bombus bimaculatus)

Variable Cuckoo Bumble Bee (Bombus variabilis)