Flower-Visiting Insects
of Michigan Dewberry


Rubus michiganensis (Michigan Dewberry)
(bee suck nectar and/or collect pollen, ants suck nectar and they are non-pollinating, beetles feed on nectar, feed on pollen, or feed on floral tissue; observations are from Wilhelm & Rericha)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera (WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus bimaculatus (WR), Bombus impatiens (WR); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR), Ceratina dupla (WR), Ceratina strenua (WR); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada sayi sn (WR); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile gemula (WR), Megachile mucida (WR); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis pilosifrons (WR), Hoplitis producta (WR), Osmia atriventris (WR); Megachilidae (Trypetini): Chelostoma philadelphi sn (WR)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata (WR), Augochloropsis metallica fulgida (WR), Lasioglossum birkmanni (WR), Lasioglossum cressonii (WR), Lasioglossum leucozonium (WR), Lasioglossum pectorale (WR), Lasioglossum pilosum (WR), Lasioglossum timothyi (WR), Lasioglossum versans (WR), Lasioglossum versatum (WR), Lasioglossum viridatum (WR); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes thoracicus (WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena pruni (WR), Andrena vicina (WR), Andrena wilkella (WR)

Ants
Formicidae (Formicinae): Prenolepis imparis sn np (WR); Formicidae (Myrmicinae): Myrmica americana sn np (WR)

Beetles
Chrysomelidae: Metachroma angustulum (WR); Curculionidae: Centrinites strigicollis (WR); Dermestidae: Cryptorhopalum triste (WR); Miridae: Lygocoris omnivagus (WR)


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