Flower-Visiting Insects
of Bristly
Greenbrier
Smilax tamnoides var. hispida (Bristly Greenbrier)
(Bees suck nectar or collect pollen, flies suck nectar or feed on pollen, while other insects suck nectar; this plant species is also referred to as Smilax hispida; one observation is from Knab as indicated below, otherwise observations are from Robertson and Graenicher)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn cp (Rb); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus impatiens sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn cp (Rb); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada articulata sn (Gr), Nomada maculata sn (Gr), Nomada parva sn (Rb); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia pumila sn cp (Rb)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea sn cp (Rb, Gr), Augochlorella striata sn cp (Rb), Lasioglossum coriaceus sn (Gr), Lasioglossum forbesii sn (Gr), Lasioglossum macoupinensis sn cp (Gr), Lasioglossum pectoralis cp (Rb), Lasioglossum reticulatus sn (Gr), Lasioglossum tegularis sn cp (Rb), Lasioglossum zephyrus cp (Rb); Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes confertus sn (Gr), Sphecodes dichroa sn (Gr); Colletidae (Hylaeninae): Hylaeus modestus modestus sn (Gr); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena sp. sn (Gr), Andrena cressonii sn cp (Rb), Andrena forbesii sn (Gr), Andrena rugosa sn (Gr)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila kennedyi sn (Gr); Ichneumonidae: Tryphon sp. sn (Gr); Gasteruptiidae: Gasteruption assectator sn (Gr); Vespidae (Eumeninae): Ancistrocerus adiabatus sn (Gr), Euodynerus foraminatus sn (Gr)
Flies
Culicidae: Aedes stimulans sn (Knb, Gr); Agromyzidae: Calycomyza jucunda sn/fp (Gr); Syrphidae: Allograpta obliqua sn/fp (Rb, Gr), Eristalis arbustorum sn/fp (Gr), Eupeodes americanus fp (Rb), Helophilus fasciatus sn/fp (Gr), Syrphus ribesii sn/fp (Gr), Toxomerus geminatus sn/fp (Rb, Gr); Empididae: Empis loripedis sn (Rb); Conopidae: Physoconops brachyrhynchus sn (Rb); Tachinidae: Siphona geniculata sn/fp (Gr); Anthomyiidae: Delia platura sn/fp (Gr); Calliphoridae: Pollenia rudis sn/fp (Gr), Lucilia illustris sn/fp (Gr); Muscidae: Coenosia sp. sn/fp (Gr); Sarcophagidae: Helicobia rapax sn/fp (Gr), Sarcophaga sp. sn/fp (Gr); Scathophagidae: Scathophaga furcata sn/fp (Gr); Lonchaeidae: Lonchaea polita sn/fp (Gr), Minettia lupulina sn/fp (Gr), Poecilolycia quadrilineata sn/fp (Gr); Sepsidae: Sepsis vicaria sn/fp (Gr); Chloropidae: Meromyza americana sn/fp (Gr)
Beetles
Pyrochroidae: Pedilus collaris sn (Gr)
Plant Bugs
Miridae: Adelphocoris superbus sn (Gr)