Flower-Visiting Insects
of Alternate-leaved Dogwood
Cornus alternifolia (Alternate-leaved Dogwood)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies suck nectar or feed on pollen, beetles feed on nectar or feed on pollen or gnaw on floral tissue, other insects suck nectar. Observations are from Lovell and Wilhelm & Rericha.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera sn fq (Lvl); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus terricola (Lvl), Bombus vagans (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericeus (Lvl), Augochlora pura (WR), Halictus sp. (Lvl), Lasioglossum acuminatum (WR), Lasioglossum coriaceum (WR), Lasioglossum cressonii (WR), Lasioglossum leucozonium (Lvl), Lasioglossum nigroviride (WR), Lasioglossum versans (WR); Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes dichrous sn (Lvl); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus sp. (WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena carlini (WR), Andrena commoda cp fq (Lvl), Andrena crataegi (WR), Andrena designata (MS: Ashmead, Lvl), Andrena forbesii (WR), Andrena nivalis sn (WR), Andrena vicina (WR) Andrena violae fq (Lvl)
Wasps
Vespidae (Eumeninae): Ancistrocerus antilope sn (Lvl), Ancistrocerus catskill sn (WR)
Ants
Formicidae (Formicinae): Camponotus subbarbatus sn np (WR), Lasius alienus sn np (WR), Prenolepis imparis sn np (WR); Formicidae (Myrmicinae): Myrmica detritinodis sn np (WR)
Flies
Ceratopogonidae: Ceratopogon sp. (Lvl); Syrphidae: Allograpta obliqua (WR), Cheilosia sp. (Lvl), Helophilus latifrons (Lvl), Heringia pisticoides (Lvl), Syritta pipiens (Lvl), Syrphus ribesii (Lvl), Temnostoma alternans (Lvl); Bombyliidae: Bombylius major sn (WR); Calliphoridae: Pollenia rudis (Lvl); Sarcophagidae: Helicobia rapax (Lvl)
Beetles
Carabidae: Lebia viridis (Lvl, Lv2); Cerambycidae: Analeptura lineola (Lvl, Lv2), Anoplodera pubera (WR), Callimoxys sanguinicollis (WR), Cyrtophorus verrucosus (WR), Grammoptera haematites (Lv2), Molorchus bimaculatus (WR), Pidonia ruficollis (WR), Strangalepta abbreviata (Lv2), Strophiona nitens (Lv2), Trachysida mutabilis (WR); Chrysomelidae: Calligrapha scalaris (Lvl, Lv2), Orsodacne atra (Lvl, Lv2, WR); Curculionidae: Anthonomus corvulus (Lvl, Lv2), Conotrachelus nenuphar (Lvl); Mordellidae: Mordellochroa scapularis (WR); Pyrochroidae: Pedilus lugubris (Lvl, Lv2); Scraptiidae: Anaspis rufa (WR); Stenotrachelidae: Cephaloon lepturides (Lvl, Lv2); Tenebrionidae: Isomira quadristriata (Lvl, Lv2)