Flower-Visiting Insects
of Common
Blackberry
Rubus allegheniensis (Common Blackberry)
(Bees collect pollen or suck nectar; Syrphid flies and beetles usually feed on pollen & are less effective pollinators; other insects suck nectar; most observations are from Robertson, although one observation is from Moure & Hurd)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn cp fq; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus auricomus sn, Bombus griseocallis sn cp, Bombus impatiens sn, Bombus pensylvanica sn cp fq, Psithyrus variabilis sn; Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora abrupta sn; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn cp fq; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia rosae sn, Synhalonia speciosa sn icp; Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada affabilis sn fq, Nomada ovatus sn, Nomada sayi sn, Nomada superba superba sn fq; Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys octodentata sn, Coelioxys sayi sn; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis brevis sn, Megachile centuncularis sn, Megachile mendica sn; Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis cylindricus sn cp, Hoplitis pilosifrons sn cp, Osmia lignaria lignaria sn cp fq; Osmia pumila sn cp
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea sn, Agapostemon virescens sn, Augochlorella aurata sn cp, Augochlorella striata sn cp, Augochloropsis metallica metallica sn cp, Halictus confusus sn cp fq, Halictus ligatus sn cp, Halictus rubicunda sn, Lasioglossum forbesii cp np, Lasioglossum imitatus cp np, Lasioglossum pectoralis sn cp fq, Lasioglossum versatus cp np, Lasioglossum vierecki (MH), Paralictus simplex sn; Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes cressonii sn, Sphecodes dichroa sn; Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes aestivalis sn, Colletes inaequalis sn cp; Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus mesillae sn; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena carlini sn, Andrena crataegi sn cp, Andrena dunningi sn, Andrena forbesii sn cp, Andrena imitatrix imitatrix sn, Andrena mandibularis sn, Andrena nuda sn, Andrena personata sn cp, Andrena sayi sn cp
Wasps
Sphecidae (Crabroninae): Lestica confluentus; Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila nigricans, Isodontia apicalis; Vespidae (Eumeninae): Euodynerus annulatus, Leionotus ziziae (Rb, MS), Parancistrocerus vagus, Stenodynerus histrionalis
Flies
Syrphidae: Didea fuscipes fp np, Eristalis dimidiatus fp np, Paragus bicolor sn np, Sphaerophoria contiqua sn, Syritta pipiens fp, Syrphus ribesii fp np, Toxomerus marginatus fp np, Tropidia mamillata sn; Empidae: Empis distans sn; Bombyliidae: Aldrichia ehrmanii fp fq np, Bombylius atriceps sn; Conopidae: Zodion fulvifrons sn; Tachinidae: Archytas aterrima sn, Cylindromyia euchenor sn, Spallanzania hesperidarum sn
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Chlosyne nycteis, Vanessa atalanta; Lycaenidae: Lycaena hyllus; Pieridae: Colias philodice, Pontia protodice;
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Epargyreus clarus, Erynnis juvenalis, Euphyes vestris, Poanes zabulon, Polites peckius, Polites themistocles
Moths
Ctenuchidae: Cisseps fulvicollis
Beetles
Scarabaeidae (Cetoniiae): Euphoria fulgida fp np, Euphoria sepulcralis fp np, Trichiotinus piger sn fp