Flower-Visiting Insects
of Philadelphia
Fleabane
Erigeron philadelphicus (Philadelphia Fleabane)
(Also called Marsh Fleabane; bees collect pollen or suck nectar; flies and beetles feed on pollen or suck nectar; other insects suck nectar; some observations are from Robertson, otherwise they are from Graenicher, Petersen, Moure & Hurd, LaBerge, and Krombein et al. as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus fervidus (Pt), Bombus griseocallis sn; Anthophoridae (Anthophorinae): Exomalopsis asteris (Pt); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata sn fq, Ceratina dupla dupla sn cp fq (Rb, Gr); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Svastra obliqua obliqua (LB); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada articulata sn fq (Rb, Gr), Nomada cressonii sn, Nomada denticulata sn (Gr), Nomada rhodoxantha sn (Gr), Nomada sayi sn (Gr), Nomada superba superba sn; Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys moesta sn (Gr); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis brevis sn, Megachile centuncularis sn cp (Gr); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis pilosifrons sn (Rb, Gr), Osmia atriventris sn cp (Gr), Osmia distincta sn (Gr), Osmia georgica sn cp; Megachilidae (Stelidini): Stelis lateralis sn fq (Rb, Gr), Stelis sexmaculata sn (Gr), Stelis subemarginata sn (Gr); Megachilidae (Trypetini): Heriades leavitti sn, Heriades variolosa variolosa (Kr)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Dufoureinae): Dufourea marginatus (Pt); Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon virescens sn cp (Rb, Gr), Augochlorella aurata sn cp, Augochlorella striata sn cp (Rb, Gr), Halictus confusus sn cp fq, Halictus ligatus sn cp fq (Rb, Gr, Pt), Halictus rubicunda (MH), Halictus sp. (Lasioglossum sp.) sn (Gr), Lasioglossum albipennis sn, Lasioglossum anomalis (Pt), Lasioglossum connexus (MH), Lasioglossum coriaceus sn cp (Rb, Gr), Lasioglossum cressonii sn cp (Gr), Lasioglossum forbesii (MH), Lasioglossum imitatus sn, Lasioglossum pectoralis sn cp fq, Lasioglossum pictus (MH), Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus sn cp, Lasioglossum tegularis sn cp (Gr), Lasioglossum versatus sn cp fq; Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes clematidis sn (Gr), Sphecodes cressonii sn, Sphecodes dichroa sn (Gr); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis sn (Gr), Hylaeus mesillae sn (Rb, Gr), Hylaeus modestus modestus sn cp (Gr); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena commoda sn cp (Gr), Andrena cressonii sn cp (Gr), Andrena fragilis sn (Gr), Andrena mariae sn, Andrena nigrifrons (Kr), Andrena robertsonii sn (Gr), Andrena spiraeana (Kr); Andrenidae (Panurginae): Calliopsis andreniformis sn (Gr)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila kennedyi (Rb, Gr), Isodontia philadelphica (Gr); Vespidae: Vespula germanica (Gr); Vespidae (Eumeninae): Ancistrocerus adiabatus (Gr), Ancistrocerus antilope (Gr), Ancistrocerus catskill (Gr), Euodynerus foraminatus, Stenodynerus ammonia fq, Stenodynerus anormis fq, Stenodynerus oculeus
Flies
Syrphidae: Epistrophe emarginata (Gr), Eristalis transversus (Gr), Eupeodes americanus (Gr), Paragus bicolor, Paragus tibialis (Rb, Gr), Rhingia nasica (Gr), Sphaerophoria contiqua (Gr), Syritta pipiens (Gr), Syrphus ribesii (Gr), Toxomerus geminatus (Gr), Toxomerus marginatus (Gr); Bombyliidae: Aldrichia ehrmanii fp fq (Rb, Gr); Stratiomyidae: Nemotelus nigrinus (Gr), Odontomyia virgo (Gr); Conopidae: Thecophora occidensis, Zodion fulvifrons (Rb, Gr) fq; Tachinidae: Clausicella floridensis, Copecrypta ruficauda (Gr), Cylindromyia carolinae (Gr), Epigrimyia polita (Gr), Gymnoclytia immaculata (Rb, Gr), Gymnoclytia occidua fq, Leucostoma simplex, Periscepsia laevigata, Phasia purpurascens, Siphona geniculata; Calliphoridae: Calliphora vicina (Gr), Lucilia illustris (Gr); Sarcophagidae: Helicobia rapax (Rb, Gr), Ravinia anxia, Sarcophaga sinuata, Sphixapata trilineata (Gr); Muscidae: Hydrotaea sp. (Gr), Neomyia cornicina; Anthomyiidae: Calythea nigricans, Delia platura; Sciaridae: Sciara exigua (Gr)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Phyciodes tharos; Lycaenidae: Lycaena hyllus; Pieridae: Eurema nicippe
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Ancyloxypha numitor, Polites mystic (Gr), Polites peckius (Rb, Gr), Polites themistocles (Rb, Gr)
Moths
Geometridae: Lomographa vestaliata (Gr); Sesiidae: Cisseps fulvicollis
Beetles
Cantharidae: Rhagonycha dichrous fp np; Cerambycidae: Brachysomida bivittata (Gr); Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalus quadruplex (Gr), Diabrotica undecimpunctata fp np; Cleridae: Trichodes apivorus (Gr); Mordellidae: Mordellistena comata (Gr); Scarabaeidae (Cetonniae): Trichiotinus piger fp np (Rb, Gr)
Plant Bugs
Miridae: Adelphocoris rapidus (Rb, Gr), Lygus lineolaris (Rb, Gr), Metriorrhynchomiris dislocatus (Gr), Plagiognathus sp. (Gr); Rhopalidae: Arhyssus lateralis