Flower-Visiting
Insects
of Bird's Foot Blackberry
Rubus avipes (Bird's Foot Blackberry)
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen; observations are from Wilhelm & Rericha)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera (WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus griseocollis (WR), Bombus impatiens (WR); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile mucida (WR); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia atriventris (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata (WR), Augochlorella persimilis (WR), Lasioglossum cinctipes (WR), Lasioglossum pectorale (WR); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis (WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena alleghaniensis (WR), Andrena crataegi (WR), Andrena nuda (WR), Andrena vicina (WR), Andrena wilkella (WR)