Flower-Visiting Insects
of Autumn Olive


Elaeagnus umbellata (Autumn Olive) introduced
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies and beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen, other insects suck nectar only; observations are from Soley)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera fq (Sl); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus spp. (Sl); Anthophoridae (Anthophorinae): Habropoda sp. sn (Sl); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata fq (Sl), Ceratina dupla sn (Sl), Ceratina strenua fq (Sl); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada spp. sn fq (Sl); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica fq (Sl); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia spp. (Sl)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Unidentified spp. (Sl), Augochlorella sp. (Sl), Augochlorella aurata fq (Sl), Augochloropsis sp. (Sl), Augochloropsis metallica (Sl), Halictus ligatus (Sl), Halictus rubicundus (Sl), Lasioglossum anomalum (Sl), Lasioglossum coeruleum (Sl), Lasioglossum mitchelli (Sl), Lasioglossum viridatum (Sl); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes banksi sn (Sl), Colletes inaequalis (Sl); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena carlini (Sl), Andrena cressonii fq (Sl), Andrena dunningi (Sl), Andrena forbesii (Sl), Andrena forbesii (Sl), Andrena hippotes (Sl), Andrena illini (Sl), Andrena imitatrix (Sl), Andrena macra sn (Sl), Andrena perplexa sn (Sl), Andrena sayi (Sl)

Flies
Unidentified spp. (Sl); Syrphidae: Allograpta obliqua (Sl), Eristalis dimidiata (Sl), Eristalis transversa (Sl), Eupeodes americanus (Sl), Helophilus fasciata (Sl), Syrphus ribesii (Sl), Syrphus vitripennis (Sl), Toxomerus geminatus (Sl), Toxomerus marginatus fq (Sl); Bombyliidae: Bombylius major fq (Sl)

Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Vanessa atalanta sn fq (Sl); Papilionidae: Unidentified spp. sn (Sl)

Skippers
Hesperiidae: Erynnis spp. sn (Sl)

Moths
Geometridae: Unidentified sp. sn (Sl); Noctuidae: Mythimna unipuncta sn fq (Sl), Peridroma saucia sn (Sl); Sphingidae: Hemaris thysbe sn (Sl)

Beetles
Unidentified spp. (Sl)


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