Flower-Visiting Insects
of Big-leaved Linden


Tilia platyphyllos (Big-leaved Linden) introduced
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies and beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen, other insects suck nectar; observations are from Anderson)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera (Adn); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus perplexus (Adn)

Bees (short-tongued)
Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena carlini (Adn)

Ants
Formicidae (Formicinae): Camponotus sp. sn (Adn)

Flies
Syrphidae: Mallota bautias (Adn)

Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Vanessa atalanta sn (Adn)

Moths
Noctuidae: Agrotis ipsilon sn (Adn), Anagrapha falcifera sn (Adn), Mythimna unipuncta sn (Adn), Peridroma saucia sn (Adn), Spodoptera ornithogalli sn (Adn); Sphingidae: Hyles lineata sn (Adn)

Beetles
Scarabaeidae: Macrodactylus subspinosus (Adn)


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