Flower-Visiting Insects
of Bebb's Willow


Salix bebbiana (Bebb's Willow)
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, ants suck nectar, the bee fly sucks nectar; observations are from Graenicher, Krombein et al., and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below; information about oligolegy [olg] in bees is from Krombein et al.)

Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina mikmaqi sn/cp (WR); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada maculata sn (WR); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia atriventris sn/cp (WR)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura pura sn/cp (WR), Lasioglossum versans sn/cp (WR); Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes minor sn (WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena erythrogaster cp olg (Kr), Andrena imitatrix imitatrix (Kr), Andrena miserabilis bipunctata sn/cp (WR), Andrena salictaria cp olg (Kr), Andrena sigmundi cp olg (Kr)

Ants
Formicidae (Dolichoderinae): Dolichoderus plagiatus sn np (WR)

Flies
Bombyliidae: Bombylius major sn (Gr)


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