Flower-Visiting Insects
of Bristly Sarsaparilla


Aralia hispida (Bristly Sarsaparilla)
(Insect activity is unspecified, although generally most bees suck nectar or collect pollen, flies and beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen, while wasps and Cuckoo bees suck nectar only; observations are from Thomson et al. and Lovell as indicated below)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus borealis (TMP), Bombus fervida (TMP), Bombus perplexus (TMP), Bombus rufocinctus (TMP), Bombus sandersoni (TMP), Bombus ternarius (TMP), Bombus terricola (TMP), Bombus vagans (TMP), Psithyrus sp. (TMP); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada lepida sn (TMP), Nomada sayi sn (TMP); Anthophoridae (Pasitidini): Holcopasites caliopsidis (TMP); Megachilidae (Anthidini): Stelis labiata sn (TMP); Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys rufitarsus rufitarsus sn (TMP); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile relativa (TMP); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis cylindricus (TMP); Megachilidae (Trypetini): Heriades variolosa variolosa (TMP)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Halictus rubicundus (TMP), Lasioglossum spp. (TMP), Lasioglossum quebecensis (TMP); Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes spp. sn (TMP); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus basalis (TMP), Hylaeus elliptica (TMP), Hylaeus gaigei (TMP), Hylaeus modestus modestus (TMP); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena thaspii (TMP), Andrena wilkella (TMP), Andrena w-scripta (TMP)

Wasps
Sphecidae (Crabroninae): Crabro sp. sn (TMP), Lestica sp. sn (TMP), Oxybelus sp. sn (TMP); Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila sp. sn (TMP); Chrysididae: Hedychrum sp. sn (TMP); Vespidae (Eumeninae): Ancistrocerus spp. sn (TMP), Euodynerus spp. sn (TMP); Vespidae (Vespinae): Dolichovespula arctica sn (TMP), Dolichovespula arenaria sn (TMP)

Flies
Syrphidae: Mallota bautias (TMP), Parasyrphus sp. (TMP), Sphegina rufiventris (TMP), Temnostoma vespiformis (TMP); Sarcophagidae: Sarcophaga nearctica (TMP), Wohlfahrtia vigil (TMP)

Beetles
Cantharidae: Rhagonycha fraxini (Lv2); Cerambycidae: Brachyleptura vagans (Lv2), Cosmosalia chrysocoma (TMP, Lv2), Gnathacmaeops pratensis (TMP), Strangalepta abbreviata (Lv2); Dermestidae: Anthrenus castaneae (Lv2); Elateridae: Ampedus collaris (Lv2); Lampyridae: Pyropyga angulata (Lv2), Pyropyga decipiens (Lv2); Mordellidae: Mordella sp. (TMP), Mordella marginata (Lv2); Scarabaeidae: Trichiotinus assimilis (TMP); Scraptiidae: Anaspis rufa (Lv2)


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