Flower-Visiting Insects
of Common Dewberry
Rubus flagellaris (Common Dewberry)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies suck nectar or feed on pollen, other insects suck nectar; observations are from Robertson, Evans, Herms, Grundel & Pavlovic, Steury et al., and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn fq (Rb, Ev); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus impatiens (Ev), Bombus pensylvanicus sn fq (Rb); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn (Rb, Ev), Ceratina mikmaqi (WR); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia speciosa sn fq (Rb), Synhalonia rosae sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada articulata sn (Rb), Nomada superba superba sn fq (Rb); Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys immaculata sn (SDO), Coelioxys sayi sn (Rb); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis brevis sn (Rb), Megachile mendica sn (Rb, Ev); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis cylindricus sn cp (Rb), Hoplitis pilosifrons sn cp (Rb, Ev), Osmia atriventris sn cp (Rb, SDO), Osmia cordata sn (Rb), Osmia lignaria lignaria sn cp (Rb), Osmia pumila sn cp fq (Rb)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon virescens sn cp (Rb), Augochlorella aurata sn cp (Rb), Augochloropsis metallica metallica (Ev), Halictus confusus (Ev), Halictus ligatus sn (Rb), Halictus parallelus (WR), Lasioglossum atlanticum (SDO), Lasioglossum coriaceum (Ev), Lasioglossum pectorale sn cp (Rb, Ev), Lasioglossum pilosum pilosum (Ev), Lasioglossum versatum sn cp (Rb); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis (Ev); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena carlini sn (Rb), Andrena crataegi (Ev), Andrena cressonii sn cp (Rb), Andrena forbesii sn (Rb), Andrena hippotes sn cp (Rb), Andrena imitatrix imitatrix sn cp (Rb), Andrena nasonii sn cp (Rb), Andrena nuda sn cp (Rb), Andrena personata sn (Rb), Andrena pruni sn cp (Rb)
Wasps
Scoliidae: Campsomeris plumipes sn (WR); Vespidae (Eumeninae): Euodynerus foraminatus sn (Rb), Leionotus scrophulariae sn (Rb, MS)
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis dimidiatus (Rb), Eristalis stipator (Rb), Tropidia quadrata (Rb); Bombyliidae: Bombylius atriceps sn fq (Rb); Conopidae: Zodion fulvifrons sn (Rb); Sarcophagidae: Helicobia rapax (Rb)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Chlosyne nycteis sn (Rb); Lycaenidae: Lycaeides melissa samuelis sn fq (GP, Hm); Pieridae: Colias philodice sn (Rb)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Epargyreus clarus sn (Rb), Erynnis juvenalis sn (Rb), Pholisora catullus sn (Rb), Poanes zabulon sn (Rb), Polites themistocles sn (Rb), Staphylus hayhurstii sn (Rb), Thorybes pylades sn (Rb)