Flower-Visiting Insects
of Field Chickweed
Cerastium arvense (Field Chickweed)
(this includes Cerastium arvense ssp. velutinum; cuckoo bees (Nomada spp.) suck nectar, otherwise bee activity is unspecified; observations are restricted to bees; observations are from Steury et al.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Ceratini): Ceratina strenua; Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada sp. sn, Nomada denticulata sn; Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia atriventris, Osmia pumila
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum versatum; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena alleghaniensis, Andrena cressonii, Andrena erigeniae, Andrena forbesii, Andrena nasonii fq, Andrena perplexa Andrena personata, Andrena vicina