Flower-Visiting
Insects
of Coralberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus (Coralberry)
(Bees usually suck nectar, although some bees collect pollen as noted below; other insects suck mostly nectar. Some observations are from Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below, otherwise all observations are from Robertson.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera sn fq (Rb, WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus griseocollis sn, Bombus impatiens sn cp fq (Rb, WR), Bombus pensylvanicus sn cp, Bombus vagans sn cp; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes bimaculata sn; Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys octodentata sn, Coelioxys sayi sn; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile campanulae sn, Megachile mendica sn
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericeus sn fq, Augochlora pura sn fq, Augochlorella aurata sn fq, Augochlorella striata sn fq, Augochloropsis metallica metallica sn fq, Halictus confusus sn, Halictus ligatus sn, Halictus parallelus sn, Halictus rubicundus sn fq, Lasioglossum coreopsis sn, Lasioglossum coriaceum sn, Lasioglossum cressonii sn fq, Lasioglossum forbesii sn, Lasioglossum foxii sn, Lasioglossum imitatum sn cp fq, Lasioglossum macoupinense sn, Lasioglossum obscurum sn fq, Lasioglossum pectorale sn fq, Lasioglossum tegulare sn fq, Lasioglossum versatum sn cp fq, Lasioglossum zephyrum sn fq; Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes dichrous sn fq, Sphecodes heraclei sn; Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes nudus sn; Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis sn, Hylaeus modestus sn fq
Wasps
Sphecidae (Bembecinae): Bicyrtes quadrifasciata, Stizus brevipennis; Sphecidae (Craboninae): Oxybelus mexicanus; Sphecidae (Larrinae): Liris argentata, Tachytes aurulenta; Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila kennedyi fq, Ammophila nigricans fq, Chalybion californicum (WR), Eremnophila aureonotata, Isodontia apicalis, Isodontia philadelphica, Sphex ichneumoneus, Sphex nudus, Sphex pensylvanicus; Scoliidae: Scolia bicincta; Tiphiidae: Myzinum quinquecinctum; Philanthidae: Cerceris clypeata fq, Cerceris compacta, Cerceris fumipennis, Philanthus gibbosus fq; Pompilidae: Anoplius lepidus fq, Entypus unifasciatus, Episyron biguttatus, Poecilopompilus interruptus; Vespidae (Eumeninae): Ancistrocerus adiabatus, Eumenes fraternus fq (Rb, WR), Euodynerus annulatus, Euodynerus foraminatus fq, Euodynerus megaera, Leionotus scrophulariae (Rb–MS), Leionotus ziziae (Rb–MS), Monobia quadridens (Rb, WR), Parancistrocerus fulvipes, Parancistrocerus perennis, Pseudodynerus quadrisectus, Stenodynerus anormis, Stenodynerus histrionalis, Stenodynerus oculeus fq, Zethus spinipes; Vespidae (Polistinae): Polistes annularis, Polistes dominula (WR), Polistes dorsalis, Polistes fuscatus (Rb, WR)
Flies
Culicidae: Aedes vexans; Stratiomyidae: Nemotelus glaber, Stratiomys meigenii; Syrphidae: Eristalis tenax, Eristalis transversa, Mallota bautias, Milesia virginiensis, Orthonevra nitida fq, Parhelophilus laetus, Spilomyia longicornis, Syritta pipiens fq, Toxomerus geminatus fq, Toxomerus marginatus, Trichopsomyia apisaon, Tropidia albistylum, Tropidia quadrata; Empididae: Empis clausa sn fq; Bombyliidae: Exoprosopa fascipennis sn; Conopidae: Physoconops brachyrhynchus sn, Thecophora occidensis sn; Tachinidae: Archytas analis sn fq, Archytas aterrima sn, Belvosia bifasciata sn, Belvosia unifasciata sn, Copecrypta ruficauda sn, Cylindromyia dosiades sn, Cylindromyia euchenor sn, Linnaemya comta sn, Phorantha magna sn (Rb–MS), Siphona geniculata sn, Spallanzania hesperidarum sn, Trichopoda pennipes sn, Xanthomelanodes arcuatus sn; Calliphoridae: Cochliomyia macellaria, Lucilia illustris; Muscidae: Neomyia cornicina fq
Butterflies
Lycaenidae: Celastrina argiolus
Beetles
Mordellidae: Mordella marginata sn, Mordellistena pubescens