Flower-Visiting Insects
of Wild
Cucumber
Echinocystis lobata (Wild Cucumber)
(short-tongued bees collect pollen or suck nectar, while other insects suck nectar; Robertson probably observed the visitors of staminate flowers, although this is not explicitly stated)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes bimaculata bimaculata sn
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum versatus sn cp
Wasps
Sphecidae (Larrinae): Tachytes distinctus; Tiphiidae: Myzinum quinquecincta; Scoliidae: Scolia bicincta
Flies
Syrphidae: Allograpta obliqua fq, Eupeodes americanus, Milesia virginiensis, Syritta pipiens fq, Syrphus ribesii, Toxomerus geminatus, Toxomerus marginatus; Sarcophagidae: Ravinia stimulans; Calliphoridae: Lucilia sericata, Phormia regina; Muscidae: Musca domestica, Neomyia cornicina; Anthomyiidae: Anthomyia leucostoma; Fanniidae: Fannia manicata fq