Flower-Visiting Insects
of Heart-Leaved Willow


Salix rigida (Heart-Leaved Willow)
(Originally referred to as Salix cordata by Robertson; on staminate flowers, short-tongued bees & honeybees suck nectar or collect pollen, while other insects suck nectar; on pistillate flowers, all insects suck nectar; a few observations are from Krombein et al., otherwise they are from Robertson; information about oligolegy in bees is from Krombein et al.)

On staminate flowers:

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn cp fq; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn fq; Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada cuneatus sn fq, Nomada denticulata sn fq, Nomada illinoiensis sn fq, Nomada integerrima sn fq, Nomada luteola sn fq, Nomada ovatus sn fq, Nomada sayi sn, Nomada sulphurata sn; Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia lignaria lignaria sn fq, Osmia pumila sn fq

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea sn, Augochlorella aurata sn, Augochlorella striata sn fq, Augochloropsis metallica metallica sn, Halictus confusus sn fq, Halictus ligatus sn, Halictus rubicunda sn fq, Lasioglossum cinctipes sn, Lasioglossum forbesii sn cp, Lasioglossum foxii sn cp fq, Lasioglossum illinoensis sn, Lasioglossum imitatus sn cp fq, Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus sn fq, Lasioglossum tegularis sn, Lasioglossum versatus sn fq, Lasioglossum zephyrus sn fq, Paralictus platyparius sn; Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes dichroa sn fq; Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes inaequalis sn fq; Andrenindae (Andreninae): Andrena andrenoides andrenoides sn cp fq icp olg (Rb, Kr), Andrena barbilabris sn fq, Andrena bisalicis sn cp fq icp olg, Andrena cressonii sn fq, Andrena dunningi sn, Andrena erythrogaster sn cp fq icp olg (Rb, Kr), Andrena erythronii sn, Andrena forbesii sn fq, Andrena hippotes sn fq, Andrena illinoiensis sn fq olg, Andrena imitatrix imitatrix sn fq, Andrena mandibularis sn, Andrena mariae sn cp fq icp olg, Andrena miserabilis bipunctata sn fq icp, Andrena nuda sn, Andrena pruni sn fq, Andrena rugosa sn fq, Andrena salictaria sn cp fq icp olg (Rb, Kr), Andrena sayi sn fq icp

Wasps
Pompilidae: Priocnemis cornicus; Vespidae: Polistes carolina

Sawflies
Tenthredinidae: Dolerus bicolor, Dolerus unicolor fq, Nematus vertebratus

Flies
Simuliidae: Cnephia pecuarum; Syrphidae: Brachyopa vacua, Brachypalpus oarus fq, Chalcosyrphus metallifer fq, Chalcosyrphus nemorum fq, Chrysogaster antitheus, Eristalinus aeneus fq, Eristalis dimidiatus fq, Eristalis flavipes, Eupeodes americanus fq, Helophilus fasciatus, Lejota aerea, Orthonevra pictipennis fq, Platycheirus hyboreus, Platycheirus obscurus, Platycheirus quadratus fq, Psilota buccata, Sphaerophoria contiqua, Syritta pipiens, Syrphus torvus, Tropidia mamillata; Empididae: Empis otiosa, Rhamphomyia gilvipilosa fq, Rhamphomyia priapulus; Conopidae: Myopa vesiculosa, Myopa vicaria fq; Tachinidae: Gonia capitata fq; Sarcophagidae: Ravinia derelicta; Calliphoridae: Cynomya cadaverina fq; Muscidae: Helina rufitibia, Neomyia cornicina fq; Anthomyiidae: Delia platura fq; Scathophagidae: Scathophaga furcata fq; Lonchaeidae: Dasiops latifrons, Earomyia aberrans; Chloropidae: Elachiptera costata; Sciomyzidae: Dictya pictipes, Pherbellia parallela; Piophilidae: Prochyliza xanthostoma

Beetles
Chrysomelidae: Pyrrhalta tuberculata fq; Oedemeridae: Asclera puncticollis fq; Orsodacnidae: Orsodacne atra fq

On pistillate flowers:

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera fq; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata fq, Ceratina dupla dupla fq; Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada cuneatus fq, Nomada denticulata fq, Nomada integerrima fq, Nomada ovatus fq; Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia lignaria lignaria fq

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea, Augochlora purus, Halictus confusus fq, Halictus rubicunda fq, Lasioglossum cinctipes, Lasioglossum cressonii, Lasioglossum forbesii, Lasioglossum foxii fq, Lasioglossum imitatus fq, Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus fq, Lasioglossum pruinosus, Lasioglossum testaceus, Lasioglossum versatus fq, Lasioglossum zephyrus fq, Paralictus platyparius; Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes confertus fq, Sphecodes dichroa fq; Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes inaequalis fq; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena andrenoides andrenoides fq icp olg, Andrena bisalicis fq icp olg, Andrena carlini, Andrena erythronii, Andrena forbesii fq, Andrena illinoiensis fq olg, Andrena imitatrix imitatrix fq, Andrena mariae fq icp olg, Andrena miserabilis bipunctata fq icp, Andrena rugosa fq, Andrena salictaria fq icp olg

Wasps
Vespidae: Polistes fuscata

Sawflies
Tenthredinidae: Dolerus unicolor fq

Flies
Syrphidae: Brachypalpus oarus fq, Chalcosyrphus metallifer fq, Chalcosyrphus nemorum fq, Eristalis flavipes, Eristalis transversus, Eupeodes americanus fq, Helophilus fasciatus, Merapioidus villosus, Platycheirus quadratus fq; Empididae: Rhamphomyia gilvipilosa fq; Conopidae: Myopa vicaria fq; Tachinidae: Chetogena claripennis, Gonia capitata fq, Panzeria aldrichi, Tachinomyia panaetius; Calliphoridae: Calliphora vicina, Cynomya cadaverina fq, Pollenia rudis; Muscidae: Myospila meditabunda, Neomyia cornicina fq; Anthomyiidae: Delia platura fq; Scathophagidae: Scathophaga furcata fq; Chloropidae: Apallates coxendix; Sepsidae: Sepsis violacea

Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Vanessa atalanta

Beetles
Orsodacnidae: Orsodacne atra fq

Plant Bugs
Miridae: Lygus lineolaris

Flower gender unspecified:

Bees (short-tongued)
Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena nigrae (Kr)


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