Flower-Visiting
Insects
of Chicory
Cichorium intybus (Chicory) introduced
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, the beetle sucks nectar and/or feeds on pollen ants suck nectar; observations are from Estes & Thorp, Discover Life, Williams, Wilhelm & Rericha, and Rightmyer as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera (WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus impatiens (WR); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla (WR), Ceratina mikmaqi (WR); Anthophoridae (Epeolini): Triepeolus remigatus sn (Rtm); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes bimaculata bimaculata (WR); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile mendica (DL), Megachilde pugnata (WR), Megachile rotundata (DL)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Dufoureinae): Doufourea monardae sn (DL); Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon virescens cp (WR), Augochlorella pura pura cp (WR), Augochlorella aurata cp (WR), Augochlorella persimilis cp (WR), Halictus confusus cp (WR), Halictus ligatus cp (WR), Lasioglossum atwoodi cp (WR), Lasioglossum cressonii cp (WR), Lasioglossum hitchensi cp (WR), Lasioglossum lustrans sn (ET), Lasioglossum truncatum cp (WR), Lasioglossum zephyrum cp (WR); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis (DL, WR)
Ants
Formicidae (Formicinae): Camponotus pennsylvanicus sn np (WR), Formica subsericea sn np (WR); Formicidae (Myrmicinae): Crematogaster cerasi sn np (WR)
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis arbustorum (WR), Eristalis tenax (WR), Syritta pipiens (WR), Toxomerus geminatus (WR), Toxomerus marginatus (WR)
Beetle
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Wms)