Flower-Visiting Insects
of False Bristly Blackberry


Rubus semisetosus (False Bristly Blackberry)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies and beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen, other insects suck nectar. Observations are from Wilhelm & Rericha.)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera (WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus griseocollis (WR), Bombus impatiens (WR); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica (WR); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile texana (WR); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis pilosifrons (WR)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochloropsis metallica fulgida (WR), Lasioglossum pectorale (WR), Lasioglossum pilosum (WR), Lasioglossum vierecki (WR)

Wasps
Sphecidae (Crabroninae): Lestica confluenta sn (WR); Vespidae (Eumeninae): Ancistrocerus campestris sn (WR), Euodynerus auranus sn (WR)

Ants
Formicidae (Dolichoderinae): Dolichoderus pustulatus sn np (WR); Formicidae (Formicinae): Formica incerta sn np (WR)

Flies
Syrphidae: Toxomerus marginatus (WR), Tropidia quadrata (WR)

Beetles
Carabidae: Lebia viridis (WR)


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