Flower-Visiting Insects
of Garlic Mustard
Alliaria petiolata (Garlic Mustard)
(bees suck nectar from the flowers primarily and collect pollen to a lesser extent, while ants suck nectar from the flowers shortly after their petals fall off; observations are from Krombein et al., Wilhelm & Rericha, and Cruden et al. as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera (WR, CMS); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus sp. (CMS); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR, CMS); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia atriventris (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericeus (WR), Augochlora pura pura (WR), Augochlorella striata (CMS), Augochloropsis metallica fulgida (CMS), Lasioglossum cinctipes (WR), Lasioglossum forbesii (CMS), Lasioglossum foxii (WR), Lasioglossum subviridatum (WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena carlini (WR), Andrena cressonii (WR, CMS), Andrena forbesii (Kr, CMS), Andrena nasonii (WR), Andrena personata (Kr), Andrena spiraeana (Kr), Andrena vicina (WR, CMS), Andrena milwaukeensis (CMS)
Ants
Formicidae: Camponotus pennsylvanicus sn np (WR), Formica incerta sn np (WR), Formica pallidefulva sn np (WR), Formica subsericea sn np (WR), Lasius alienus sn np (WR), Prenolepis imparis sn np (WR), Tapinoma sessile sn np (WR)
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis sp. (CMS), Eristalis anthophorina (CMS), Eristalis dimidiatus (CMS), Eristalis flavipes (CMS), Eristalis transversus (CMS), Eupeodes sp. (CMS), Heliophilus fasciatus (CMS), Mallota sp. (CMS)