Flowering Plants Visited
by Formica montana
Formica montana Wheeler: Formicidae, Hymenoptera
(observations are from Wilhelm & Rericha; this is the Prairie Mound Ant)
Apiaceae: Daucus carota sn np (WR), Eryngium yuccifolium sn np (WR), Zizia aurea sn np (WR); Asteraceae: Achillea millefolium sn (WR), Ambrosia trifida [exfl sn np] (WR), Euthamia graminifolia sn np (WR), Helianthus grosseserratus sn sn@exfl np (WR), Helianthus mollis sn np (WR), Oligoneuron rigidum sn np (WR), Solidago canadensis sn np (WR), Solidago gigantea sn np (WR); Caesalpiniaceae: Chamaecrista fasciculata [exfl sn] (WR); Cornaceae: Cornus drummondii sn np (WR); Geraniaceae: Erodium cicutarium sn np (WR); Lamiaceae: Pycnanthemum virginianum sn np (WR); Rosaceae: Rubus rosa sn np (WR), Spiraea alba sn np (WR); Salicaceae: Salix interior [unsp sn np] (WR)