Flower-Visiting Insects
of Bush
Honeysuckle
Diervilla lonicera (Bush Honeysuckle)
(bees suck nectar or collect pollen, while the Sphinx moth sucks nectar; all observations are from Schoen; this native shrub should not be confused with non-native Lonicera shrubs)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus affinis, Bombus terricola, Bombus vagans; Anthophoridae (Anthophorinae): Anthophora terminalis; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile addenda, Megachile inermis
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum laevissimus, Lasioglossum lineatulus
Moths
Sphingidae: Hemaris diffinis