Flower-Visiting Insects
of Clustered Black Snakeroot


Sanicula odorata (Clustered Black Snakeroot)
(the short-tongued bee sucks nectar or collects pollen; this observation is from Wilhelm & Rericha; Sanicula gregaria is a scientific synonym of this plant)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus bimaculatus (WR); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR), Ceratina dupla dupla (WR), Ceratina strenua (WR); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada cressonii sn (WR), Nomada maculata sn (WR), Nomada pygmaea sn (WR); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica (WR); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia pumila (WR); Megachilidae (Trypetini): Chelostoma philadelphi (WR)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura pura (WR), Augochloropsis metallica fulgida (WR), Lasioglossum atwoodi (WR), Lasioglossum birkmanni (WR), Lasioglossum cattellae (WR), Lasioglossum coriaceum (WR), Lasioglossum cressonii fq (WR), Lasioglossum ellisiae (WR), Lasioglossum laevissimum (WR), Lasioglossum macoupinense (WR), Lasioglossum nigroviride (WR), Lasioglossum obscurum fq (WR), Lasioglossum subviridatum (WR), Lasioglossum versans (WR), Lasioglossum versatum (WR), Lasioglossum viridatum (WR); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus sp., Hylaeus affinis (WR), Hylaeus fedorica (WR), Hylaeus illinoisensis (WR), Hylaeus mesillae (WR), Hylaeus sparsus (WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena carlini (WR), Andrena cressonii (WR), Andrena nasonii (WR), Andrena pruni (WR), Andrena robertsonii (WR), Andrena spiraeana (WR), Andrena ziziae cp (WR)

Wasps
Sphecidae (Crabroninae): Ectemnius lapidarius sn (WR)

Ants
Formicidae (Dolichoderinae): Tapinoma sessile sn np (WR); Formicidae (Formicinae): Camponotus pennsylvanicus sn np (WR), Camponotus subbarbatus sn np (WR), Formica subsericea sn np (WR), Lasius alienus sn np (WR), Prenolepis imparis sn np (WR); Formicidae (Myrmicinae): Myrmica AF-smi sn np (WR), Myrmica latifrons sn np (WR)

Flies
Syrphidae: Toxomerus marginatus (WR)

Beetles
Byturidae: Byturus unicolor (WR); Cantharidae: Rhagonycha recta (WR); Chrysomelidae: Paria quadrinotata (WR); Erotylidae: Acropteroxys gracilis (WR); Pyrochroidae: Pedilus lugubris (WR)

Plant Bugs
Miridae: Plagiognathus modestus sn (WR); Thyreocoridae: Corimelaena lateralis (WR), Corimelaena obscura (WR)


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