Flower-Visiting Insects
of Carrion
Flower
Smilax herbacea (Carrion Flower)
(Bees suck nectar or collect pollen; flies and beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen, while other insects suck nectar only; one observation is from Knab, otherwise observations are from Robertson and Graenicher)
On staminate flowers:
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera cp (Rb)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata sn cp (Rb), Augochlorella striata sn cp (Rb), Lasioglossum versatus sn cp (Rb)
Flies
Sarcophagidae: Ravinia anxia sn (Rb); Calliphoridae: Lucilia illustris sn (Rb)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Megisto cymela sn (Rb)
Beetles
Cerambycidae: Euderces picipes fp np (Rb); Scarabaeidae: Euphoria fulgida fp np (Rb)
Floral gender unspecified:
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea cp (Gr), Augochloropsis metallica metallica sn cp (Gr), Halictus confusus sn cp (Gr), Lasioglossum imitatus cp (Gr), Lasioglossum reticulatus sn cp (Gr); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena rugosa sn cp (Gr)
Wasps
Ichneumonidae: Cryptus sp. sn (Gr), Dusona glaucus sn (Gr), Tryphon seminiger sn (Gr); Vespidae (Eumeninae): Ancistrocerus adiabatus sn (Gr)
Flies
Culicidae: Aedes stimulans sn (Knb, Gr); Syrphidae: Eristalis arbustorum sn/fp (Gr), Toxomerus geminatus sn/fp (Gr); Tachinidae: Phyllomya cremides sn/fp (Gr); Anthomyiidae: Delia platura sn/fp (Gr); Calliphoridae: Calliphora vomitoria sn/fp (Gr), Lucilia illustris sn/fp (Gr), Lucilia sericata sn/fp (Gr), Phormia regina sn/fp (Gr), Pollenia rudis sn/fp (Gr), Protophormia terraenovae sn/fp (Gr); Muscidae: Clinopera spp. sn/fp (Gr, 1902), Limnophora garrula sn/fp (Gr), Neomyia cornicina sn/fp (Gr); Sarcophagidae: Helicobia spp. sn/fp (Gr), Helicobia rapax sn/fp (Gr), Sarcophaga spp. sn/fp (Gr), Sarcophaga sarracenioides sn/fp (Gr); Platystomatidae: Rivellia pallida sn/fp (Gr); Lonchaeidae: Lonchaea polita sn/fp (Gr); Lauxaniidae: Minettia lupulina sn/fp (Gr), Sapromyza sp. sn/fp (Gr)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Megisto cymela sn (Gr)
Beetles
Cerambycidae: Brachysomida atra sn (Gr), Brachysomida bivittata sn (Gr), Cyrtophorus verrucosum sn (Gr), Euderces picipes sn (Gr); Mordellidae: Mordella sp. sn (Gr); Pyrochroidae: Pedilus collaris sn (Gr), Pedilus lugubris sn (Gr)
Plant Bugs
Miridae: Adelphocoris superbus sn (Gr), Poecilocapsus lineatus sn (Gr)