Flower-Visiting Insects
of Smooth
Rose
Rosa blanda (Smooth Rose)
(Bees collect pollen, while Syrphid flies feed on pollen; observations are from Reed)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus griseocallis cp; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina sp. cp
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon texanus texanus cp, Agapostemon virescens cp, Halictus confusus cp; Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus sp. cp, Hylaeus affinis cp, Hylaeus mesillae cp
Flies
Syrphidae: Toxomerus marginatus fp