Flower-Visiting Insects
of Canada
Blueberry
Vaccinium myrtilloides (Canada Blueberry)
(Bees suck nectar and to a lesser extent collect pollen, while flies suck nectar or feed on pollen; observations are from Small and Reader)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn fq (Sm, Rd); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus spp. sn fq (Rd), Bombus impatiens fq (Sm), Bombus perplexus fq (Sm), Bombus sandersoni fq (Sm), Bombus ternarius fq (Sm), Bombus terricola fq (Sm)
Bees (short-tongued)
Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes inaequalis fq (Sm); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena spp. fq (Rd), Andrena bradleyi fq (Sm), Andrena carlini (Sm), Andrena carolina fq (Sm), Andrena mandibularis (Sm), Andrena regularis fq (Sm), Andrena vicina fq (Sm)
Flies
Syrphidae: Sericomyia transversa (Sm)