Flower-Visiting Insects
of Scarlet Hawthorn


Crataegus coccinea (Scarlet Hawthorn)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen; other insects suck primarily nectar, although some flies and beetles may feed on pollen; observations are from Robertson)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn cp fq; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus impatiens sn, Bombus pensylvanicus sn fq; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn; Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada articulata sn

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Halictus confusus sn fq, Halictus ligatus sn, Halictus rubicundus sn, Lasioglossum imitatum sn, Lasioglossum versatum sn, Lasioglossum zephyrum sn fq; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena crataegi sn fq, Andrena cressonii sn, Andrena dunningi sn cp fq, Andrena erythrogaster sn, Andrena hippotes sn, Andrena imitatrix imitatrix sn fq, Andrena miserabilis bipunctata sn cp fq, Andrena personata sn fq, Andrena sayi sn cp fq

Wasps
Tiphiidae: Tiphia letalis sn; Vespidae: Polistes fuscatus sn fq

Flies
Stratiomyidae: Microchrysa polita; Syrphidae: Eristalinus aeneus, Eristalis dimidiatus, Helophilus fasciatus, Mallota bautias, Myolepta strigilata fq, Psilota buccata, Syrphus torvus, Toxomerus geminatus, Trichopsomyia apisaon; Empididae: Empis desiderata, Rhamphomyia priapulus, Rhamphomyia sordida; Bombyliidae: Bombylius fascipennis, Bombylius major; Conopidae: Myopa vesiculosa; Tachinidae: Gonia capitata; Sarcophagidae: Sarcophaga sinuata; Calliphoridae: Calliphora vicina, Cochliomyia macellaria, Cynomya cadaverina, Lucilia illustris, Phormia regina; Muscidae: Morellia micans, Neomyia cornicina fq

Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Danaus plexippus sn, Vanessa virginiensis sn

Beetles
Cerambycidae: Molorchus bimaculatus fq icp; Chrysomelidae: Acalymma vittatum; Coccinellidae: Cycloneda sanguinea, Hippodamia convergens; Oedemeridae: Asclera puncticollis; Scarabaeidae: Euphoria fulgida


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