Flower-Visiting Insects
of Honey Locust


Gleditsia triacanthos (Honey Locust)
(Bees suck nectar or collect pollen; flies suck nectar; observations are from Robertson)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn cp fq; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus griseocallis sn cp

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea sn cp, Lasioglossum illinoensis sn, Lasioglossum imitatus sn; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena dunningi sn, Andrena imitatrix imitatrix sn cp, Andrena personata sn

Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis dimidiatus, Myolepta varipes, Toxomerus geminatus; Empididae: Rhamphomyia mutabilis; Anthomyiidae: Delia platura


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