Flower-Visiting Insects
of
Meadowsweet
Spiraea alba (Meadowsweet)
(also referred to as Spiraea latifolia, which is sometimes considered a variety of Spiraea alba or synonymous with it; information is restricted to Andrenid bees; insect activity is largely unspecified; observations are from Krombein et al. and Small)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus impatiens (Sm), Bombus perplexus (Sm), Bombus sandersoni (Sm), Bombus ternarius fq (Sm), Bombus terricola fq (Sm)
Bees (short-tongued)
Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena forbesii (Kr), Andrena miranda (Kr), Andrena spiraeana (Kr), Andrena virginiana (Kr)
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis dimidiatus (Sm), Helophilus laetus (Sm), Platycheirus rosarum (Sm), Syritta pipiens (Sm); Tabanidae: Hybomitra minuscula fq (Sm)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Thymelicus lineola sn (Sm)
Beetles
Scarabaeidae: Macrodactylus subspinosus fq (Sm)