Flower-Visiting
Insects
of Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida (Flowering Dogwood)
(Bees suck nectar or collect pollen, other insects suck nectar or feed on pollen; observations are from Robertson, Krombein et al., MacRae, and Lovell as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus griseocallis sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada illinoiensis sn (Rb); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia pumila sn cp (Rb)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea sn (Rb), Augochlora pura pura sn cp (Rb), Augochlorella striata sn cp (Rb), Halictus confusus sn cp fq (Rb), Lasioglossum coriaceum sn (Rb), Lasioglossum foxii sn cp (Rb), Lasioglossum imitatum sn cp fq (Rb), Lasioglossum obscurum sn cp (Rb), Lasioglossum pilosum pilosum sn cp (Rb), Lasioglossum versatum sn (Rb), Lasioglossum zephyrum sn (Rb); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena carlini sn (Rb), Andrena forbesii (Kr), Andrena imitatrix imitatrix sn cp fq (Rb), Andrena miserabilis bipunctata sn cp fq (Rb), Andrena rugosa sn (Rb)
Wasps
Vespidae: Polistes fuscata (Rb); Vespidae (Eumeninae): Euodynerus foraminatus (Rb)
Flies
Syrphidae: Blera umbratilis (Rb), Toxomerus marginatus (Rb); Bombyliidae: Bombylius fascipennis (Rb), Bombylius major fq (Rb); Lonchaeidae: Earomyia aberrans (Rb)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Erynnis juvenalis sn (Rb)
Beetles
Buprestidae: Acmaeodera neglecta (McR), Acmaeodera ornata (McR), Acmaeodera tubulus (McR, Lv2); Cerambycidae: Analeptura lineola (Lv2), Grammoptera haematites (Lv2), Molorchus bimaculatus (Rb, Lv2); Melyridae: Attalus scincetus (Lv2); Scraptiidae: Anaspis flavipennis (Lv2)