Flower-Visiting
Insects
of Wild Black Cherry
Prunus serotina (Wild Black Cherry)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies and beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen, other insects suck nectar from the flowers. In addition, Prunus serotina has insects that visit its extra-floral nectaries, as listed below. Observations are from Robertson, Krombein et al., Lovell, Voss, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera sn cp fq (Rb, WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus bimaculatus (WR), Bombus griseocollis sn (Rb, WR), Bombus impatiens sn (Rb, WR), Bombus pensylvanicus sn fq (Rb); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia speciosa sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada illinoiensis sn (Rb)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericeus sn fq (Rb), Augochlora pura (WR), Augochlorella aurata sn cp fq (Rb), Augochloropsis metallica metallica sn (Rb), Halictus confusus sn cp (Rb), Halictus rubicundus sn cp fq (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum coriaceum sn cp fq (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum cressonii sn cp (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum imitatum sn cp fq (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum pilosum sn cp (Rb), Lasioglossum versatum sn cp fq (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum zephyrum sn cp (Rb); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes inaequalis sn (Rb); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena ceanothi (Kr), Andrena crataegi sn (Rb), Andrena cressonii sn cp fq (Rb, WR), Andrena erythrogaster sn (Rb, Kr), Andrena forbesii sn cp (Rb, Kr, WR), Andrena hippotes sn (Rb, Kr, WR), Andrena imitatrix sn cp fq (Rb, Kr, WR), Andrena miserabilis bipunctata sn cp fq (Rb, WR), Andrena nigrae (Kr), Andrena nuda sn cp (Rb, Kr), Andrena pruni sn cp fq (Rb), Andrena rugosa sn (Rb), Andrena sayi sn cp (Rb), Andrena tridens (Kr), Andrena virginiana sn (Kr)
Wasps
Vespidae (Vespinae): Polistes fuscatus sn (Rb)
Sawflies
Tenthredinidae: Dolerus sericeus sn (Rb)
Flies
Scatopsidae: Scatopse notata fq (Rb); Simuliidae: Cnephia pecuarum (Rb); Stratiomyidae: Stratiomys normula sn (Rb); Syrphidae: Brachyopa vacua (Rb), Eristalinus aeneus fq (Rb), Eristalis dimidiata (Rb), Mallota bautias (Rb), Myolepta strigilata (Rb), Orthonevra nitida (Rb), Orthonevra pictipennis (Rb), Sphaerophoria contiqua (Rb), Sphegina rufiventris (Rb), Syritta pipiens (Rb), Syrphus ribesii (Rb), Trichopsomyia apisaon (Rb); Empididae: Rhamphomyia sordida sn (Rb); Conopidae: Myopa vesiculosa sn (Rb); Tachinidae: Gonia capitata sn (Rb), Siphona geniculata sn (Rb); Sarcophagidae: Ravinia anxia (Rb); Calliphoridae: Calliphora vicina (Rb), Cynomya cadaverina (Rb), Lucilia illustris (Rb), Lucilia sericata (Rb), Phormia regina (Rb); Muscidae: Neomyia cornicina (Rb); Anthomyiidae: Delia platura (Rb); Fanniidae: Fannia manicata (Rb); Scathophagidae: Scathophaga furcata (Rb)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Danaus plexippus sn (Rb), Vanessa virginiensis sn (Rb)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Poanes hobomok sn (V)
Beetles
Cerambycidae: Molorchus bimaculatus (Rb); Elateridae: Anostirus vernalis (Lv2)
Extra-floral nectaries:
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum illinoense sn (Rb), Lasioglossum imitatum sn (Rb), Lasioglossum versatum sn (Rb); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena erythrogaster sn (Rb), Andrena illinoiensis sn (Rb), Andrena miserabilis bipunctata sn (Rb)
Ants
Formicidae (Dolichoderinae): Tapinoma sessile sn (WR); Formicidae (Formicinae): Camponotus pennsylvanicus sn (WR), Formica fusca sn (Rb), Formica subsericea sn (WR), Lasius alienus sn (WR), Prenolepis imparis sn (WR); Formicidae (Myrmicinae): Crematogaster cerasi sn (WR), Crematogaster lineolata sn (Rb)
Flies
Syrphidae: Blera umbratilis sn (Rb); Calliphoridae: Cynomya cadaverina sn (Rb)