Flower-Visiting Insects
of False Solomon's
Seal
Smilacina racemosa (False Solomon's Seal)
(Bees collect pollen, flies & beetles feed on pollen, while plant bugs rest [rst] on the flowers; some observations are from Graenicher as indicated below, otherwise they are from Robertson)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora purus, Augochlorella striata (Gr), Halictus rubicunda (Gr), Lasioglossum albipennis (Gr), Lasioglossum imitatus, Lasioglossum macoupinensis, Lasioglossum obscurus, Lasioglossum pectoralis, Lasioglossum versatus, Lasioglossum zephyrus (Rb, Gr); Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes clematidis exp (Gr)
Flies
Stratiomyidae: Stratiomys lativentris (Gr); Bombyliidae: Bombylius atriceps exp (Gr); Syrphidae: Eristalis arbustorum (Gr), Hiatomyia cyanescens, Somula decora, Toxomerus geminatus (Gr); Empididae: Empis levicula; Tachinidae: Archytas analis (Gr), Phyllomya cremides (Gr), Siphona geniculata; Sarcophagidae: Sarcophaga sp. (Gr); Calliphoridae: Lucilia illustris, Lucilia sericata (Gr); Muscidae: Drymeia sp. (Gr), Stomoxys calcitrans (Gr); Anthomyiidae: Phorbia sp. (Gr)
Beetles
Cerambycidae: Brachysomida bivittata (Gr), Cyrtophanus verrucosum (Gr); Chrysomelidae: Gibbobruchus mimus; Elateridae: Agriotes oblongicollis (Gr); Meloidae: Epicauta murina (Gr); Mordellidae: Mordellistena scapularis; Pyrochroidae: Pedilus collaris (Gr), Pedilus terminalis; Scarabaeidae: Trichiotinus affinis, Trichiotinus piger (Gr), Valgus canaliculatus
Plant Bugs
Miridae: Adelphocoris rapidus rst (Gr), Metriorrhynchomiris dislocatus rst (Gr), Poecilocapsus lineatus rst (Gr)