Flower-Visiting Insects
of Giant
Goldenrod
Solidago gigantea (Giant Goldenrod)
(bees suck nectar or collect pollen; beetles feed on pollen & are non-pollinating; other insects suck nectar; some observations are from Robertson, otherwise they are from LaBerge, Moure & Hurd, Krombein et al., and Graenicher as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus pensylvanica sn (Rb), Bombus vagans sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes comptoides (LB), Melissodes rustica sn (Rb), Svastra obliqua obliqua (LB)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Halictus rubicunda (MH); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena simplex sn cp olg (Kr), Andrenidae (Panurginae): Calliopsis coloradensis (Kr), Heterosarus andrenoides sn cp (Rb)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Crabroninae): Ectemnius continuus sn (Rb)
Flies
Syrphidae: Brachypalpus cyanogaster (Gr), Eristalis flavipes (Gr), Orthonevra pictipennis (Gr), Palpada vinetorum (Gr), Spilomyia fusca (Gr), Spilomyia sayi sn (Rb, Gr), Xylota ejuncida (Gr)
Beetles
Cerambycidae: Megacyllene robiniae fp np (Rb)