Flower-Visiting Insects
of Hedge Bindweed
Convolvulus sepium (Hedge Bindweed)
(Also referred to as Calystegia sepium; beetles feed on pollen & are non-pollinating, or their activity is unspecified; other insects suck nectar; observations are from Robertson, Williams, and Lovell as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus pensylvanicus sn fq (Rb); Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora abrupta sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Emphorini): Melitoma taurea sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes bimaculata bimaculata sn (Rb), Peponapis pruinosa pruinosa sn (Rb), Synhalonia speciosa sn fq (Rb); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis truncata sn (Rb)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon virescens sn (Rb)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Wms); Chrysomelidae: Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi (Lv2); Scarabaeidae: Trichiotinus piger fp np (Rb)