Flower-Visiting Insects
of Vaccinium stamineum

Vaccinium stamineum (Deerberry)
(bees suck nectar or collect pollen, information is restricted to bees; two observations are from Steury et al. as indicated below, otherwise observations are from Cane et al.; Melitta americana is an oligolege or monolege of Deerberry)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera fq; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus affinis, Bombus impatiens cp fq, Bombus terricola sn; Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora furcata; Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada sp. sn (SDO); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica sn cp fq; Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys immaculata sn (SDO); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile gemula cp fq, Megachile mendica cp; Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia felti cp, Osmia inspergens cp, Osmia lignaria lignaria, Osmia pumila cp fq

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora purus purus, Augochlorella striata cp, Augochloropsis metallica metallica cp fq, Augochloropsis sumptuosa, Lasioglossum coriaceus, Lasioglossum cressonii cp fq, Lasioglossum forbesii cp fq, Lasioglossum laevissimus, Lasioglossum quebecensis, Lasioglossum versans; Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis, Hylaeus modestus modestus; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena carlini sn fq, Andrena cressonii sn, Andrena imitatrix imitatrix sn, Andrena longifacies sn cp fq, Andrena nivalis sn fq, Andrena rufosignata sn, Andrena vicina sn, Andrena wilkella sn; Melittidae: Melitta americana sn cp fq olg

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