Flower-Visiting Insects
of Downy Serviceberry


Amelanchier arborea (Downy Serviceberry)
(Bees usually suck nectar, but sometimes also collect pollen; beetle activity is unspecified; other insects suck nectar; observations are from Robertson, MacRae, and Steury et al.)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn cp fq (Rb); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus bimaculatus sn (Rb), Bombus pensylvanica sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada denticulata sn (Rb), Nomada illinoiensis sn (Rb); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia taurus (SDO)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea sn (Rb), Augochloropsis sumptuosa sn (Rb), Halictus confusus sn cp (Rb), Halictus rubicunda sn (Rb), Lasioglossum cinctipes sn cp fq (Rb), Lasioglossum cressonii sn (Rb), Lasioglossum foxii sn (Rb), Lasioglossum imitatus sn (Rb), Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus sn cp fq (Rb), Lasioglossum versatus sn cp fq (Rb), Lasioglossum zephyrus sn fq (Rb); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes inaequalis sn fq (Rb); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena andrenoides andrenoides sn fq (Rb), Andrena bisalicis sn fq (Rb), Andrena carlini sn (Rb), Andrena cressonii sn cp fq (Rb), Andrena erythrogaster sn fq (Rb), Andrena erythronii sn (Rb), Andrena forbesii sn fq (Rb), Andrena hippotes sn (Rb), Andrena imitatrix imitatrix sn fq (Rb), Andrena mandibularis sn (Rb), Andrena mariae sn (Rb), Andrena miserabilis bipunctata sn fq (Rb), Andrena rugosa sn (Rb), Andrena salictaria sn fq (Rb), Andrena sayi sn fq (Rb)

Sawflies
Tenthredinidae: Dolerus unicolor (Rb)

Flies
Syrphidae: Brachypalpus oarus (Rb), Eristalinus aeneus (Rb), Eristalis dimidiatus fq (Rb), Eristalis transversus (Rb), Eupeodes americanus fq (Rb), Helophilus fasciatus (Rb), Platycheirus quadratus (Rb), Sphaerophoria contiqua (Rb), Toxomerus geminatus (Rb), Toxomerus marginatus (Rb); Bombyliidae: Bombylius major (Rb); Tachinidae: Chetogena claripennis (Rb), Gonia capitata (Rb); Calliphoridae: Cynomya cadaverina fq (Rb); Muscidae: Neomyia cornicina (Rb); Anthomyiidae: Leucophora unistriata (Rb); Scathophagidae: Scathophaga furcata fq (Rb)

Beetles
Buprestidae: Acmaeodera neglecta (McR), Acmaeodera ornata (McR)


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