Flower-Visiting
Insects
of Poison Ivy
Toxicodendron radicans (Poison Ivy)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies suck nectar and/or feed on pollen; observations are from Robertson, Krombein et al., and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera (WR); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada composita sn (WR), Nomada cressonii sn (WR), Nomada lepida sn (WR), Nomada luteoloides sn (WR), Nomada ovata sn (WR), Nomada pygmaea sn (WR), Nomada sayi sn (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura pura (WR), Augochlorella aurata (WR), Augochlorella persimilis (WR), Augochloropsis metallica fulgida (WR), Lasioglossum coriaceum (WR), Lasioglossum cressonii (WR), Lasioglossum hitchensi (WR), Lasioglossum obscurum (WR), Lasioglossum versans (WR), Lasioglossum versatum (WR); Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes heraclei sn (WR), Sphecodes ranunculi sn (WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena crataegi sn cp (Rb), Andrena cressonii (WR), Andrena forbesii (Kr), Andrena hippotes (WR), Andrena imitatrix imitatrix (WR), Andrena integra (WR), Andrena nasonii (WR), Andrena nuda (WR), Andrena pruni (WR), Andrena robertsonii (WR), Andrena spiraeana (WR), Andrena wilkella (WR); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus sp. (WR), Hylaeus illinoisensis (WR), Hylaeus mesillae (WR)
Flies
Syrphidae: Blera pictipes (WR), Toxomerus geminatus (WR), Toxomerus marginatus (WR); Conopidae: Thecophora longicornis (WR), Zodion americanum (WR)