Flower-Visiting Insects
of Common
Elderberry
Sambucus canadensis (Common Elderberry)
(Bees collect pollen, other insects feed on pollen; observations are from Robertson)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera fq; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Halictus parallelus, Lasioglossum cinctipes, Lasioglossum imitatus fq, Lasioglossum versatus, Lasioglossum zephyrus fq; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena imitatrix imitatrix
Flies
Syrphidae: Allograpta obliqua fq, Chalcosyrphus nemorum, Eristalis dimidiatus, Eristalis tenax, Eupeodes americanus, Mallota bautias fq, Ocyptamus fascipennis, Spilomyia alcimus fq, Syritta pipiens, Syrphus ribesii fq; Bombyliidae: Anthrax oedipus, Hemipenthes sinuosa; Muscidae: Musca domestica, Neomyia cornicina; Anthomyiidae: Delia platura; Fanniidae: Fannia manicata
Beetles
Cerambycidae: Euderces picipes; Dermestidae: Attagenus megatoma fq; Melyridae: Malachius erichsonii; Scarabaeidae (Cetoniinae): Euphoria fulgida; Scraptiidae: Pentaria trifasciatus