Flower-Visiting Insects
of Wild Carrot


Daucus carota (Wild Carrot) introduced
(Observations are from Krombein et al., MacRae, Lisberg & Young, Smith et al., Grundel et al., Williams, Gosling, Lovell, Voss, Wilhelm & Rericha, and O'Brien as indicated below. Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies suck nectar or feed on pollen, beetles feed on nectar or feed on pollen or gnaw on floral tissue, plant bugs suck nectar or they are predators, other insects suck nectar.)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera (WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus auricomus (WR), Bombus bimaculatus (WR), Bombus griseocollis (Smh, WR), Bombus impatiens sn cp (WR); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR), Ceratina dupla (WR), Ceratina mikmaqi (WR); Megachilidae (Trypetini): Heriades leavitti (Smh)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata (WR), Augochlorella persimilis (WR), Halictus ligatus (Gnd, WR), Halictus rubicundus (Smh, WR), Lasioiglossum anomalum (Gnd, WR), Lasioglossum hitchensi (WR), Lasioglossum imitatum fq (Smh, WR), Lasioglossum tegulare fq (Smh), Lasioglossum versatum (Gnd); Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes sp. sn (Smh), Sphecodes heraclei sn (WR); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes nudus (Kr); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus sp. (WR), Hylaeus affinis fq (Smh), Hylaeus illinoisensis (WR), Hylaeus mesillae (Kr, Smh, WR), Hylaeus modestus (Kr, Smh); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena hippotes (Kr), Andrena melanochroa (Smh), Andrena virginiana (Kr)

Wasps
Sphecidae (Bembicinae): Gorytes atricornis sn (WR); Sphecidae (Crabroninae): Ectemnius continuus sn (WR), Oxybelus uniglumis sn (WR); Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila azteca sn (OB), Ammophila procera sn (OB), Ammophila urnaria sn (OB), Chalybion californicum sn (OB), Isodontia mexicana sn (OB), Podalonia luctuosa sn (OB), Podalonia violaceipennis sn (OB), Sceliphron caementarium sn (OB), Sphex ichneumoneus sn (OB), Sphex pensylvanicus sn (OB); Vespidae (Eumeninae): Symmorphus canadensis sn (WR); Vespidae (Polistinae): Polistes dominula sn (WR), Polistes fuscatus sn (WR); Vespidae (Vespinae): Dolichovespula maculata sn (WR), Vespula maculifrons sn (WR)

Ants
Formicidae (Dolichoderinae): Tapinoma sessile sn np (WR); Formicidae (Formicinae): Camponotus pennsylvanicus sn np (WR), Formica fossaceps sn np (WR), Formica incerta sn np (WR), Formica lasioides sn np (WR), Formica montana sn np (WR), Formica obscuripes sn np (WR), Formica pallidefulva sn np (WR), Formica subsericea sn np (WR), Lasius alienus sn np (WR), Lasius neoniger sn np (WR), Prenolepis imparis sn np (WR); Formicidae (Myrmicinae): Crematogaster cerasi sn np (WR), Temnothorax curvispinosus sn np (WR)

Flies
Syrphidae: Syritta pipiens (WR), Toxomerus marginatus (WR); Bombyliidae: Lepidophora lepidocera sn (WR), Lepidophora lutea sn (WR)

Skippers
Hesperiidae: Hesperia comma laurentina sn (V)

Beetles
Buprestidae: Acmaeodera tubulus (McR), Anthaxia flavimana (McR); Cantharidae: 
Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Wms, WR); Cerambycidae: Brachyleptura champlaini (Gsl), Clytus ruricola (Gsl), Leptura plebeja (Gsl), Leptura subhamata (Gsl), Stictoleptura canadensis canadensis (Gsl), Trigonarthris minnesotana (Gsl), Trigonarthris proxima (Gsl), Typocerus velutinus velutinus (Gsl); Chrysomelidae: Diabrotica barberi (WR), Diabrotica undecimpunctata (WR); Coccinellidae: Coccinella septempunctata (WR), Coleomegilla maculata (Lv2), Cycloneda munda (WR), Harmonia axyridis (WR), Hippodamia parenthesis (Lv2, WR), Hippodamia undulata (Lv2); Mordellidae: Hoshihananomia octopunctata (LY), Mordella atrata (WR), Mordella marginata (LY, WR), Mordella melaena (LY), Mordellistena badia (LY), Mordellochroa scapularis (LY); Nitidulidae: Carpophilus brachypterus (WR), Conotelus obscurus (WR)

Plant Bugs
Miridae: Plagiognathus politus (WR); Nabidae: Nabis roseipennis prd (WR); Thyreocoridae: Corimelaena lateralis sn (WR), Corimelaena pulicaria sn (WR)


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