Flower-Visiting Insects
of Flowering
Dogwood
Cornus florida (Flowering Dogwood)
(Bees suck nectar or collect pollen, other insects suck nectar or feed on pollen; most observations are from Robertson, otherwise they are from Krombein et al. and MacRae as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus griseocallis sn; Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada illinoiensis sn; Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia pumila sn cp
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea sn, Augochlora purus purus sn cp, Augochlorella striata sn cp, Halictus confusus sn cp fq, Lasioglossum coriaceus sn, Lasioglossum foxii sn cp, Lasioglossum imitatus sn cp fq, Lasioglossum obscurus sn cp, Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus sn cp, Lasioglossum versatus sn, Lasioglossum zephyrus sn; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena carlini sn, Andrena forbesii (Kr), Andrena imitatrix imitatrix sn cp fq, Andrena miserabilis bipunctata sn cp fq, Andrena rugosa sn
Wasps
Vespidae: Polistes fuscata; Vespidae (Eumeninae): Euodynerus foraminatus
Flies
Syrphidae: Blera umbratilis, Toxomerus marginatus; Bombyliidae: Bombylius fascipennis, Bombylius major fq; Lonchaeidae: Earomyia aberrans
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Erynnis juvenalis
Beetles
Buprestidae: Acmaeodera neglecta (McR), Acmaeodera ornata (McR), Acmaeodera tubulus (McR); Cerambycidae: Molorchus bimaculatus