Flower-Visiting Insects
of Goat's
Beard
Aruncus dioicus (Goat's Beard)
(On staminate flowers, short-tongued bees suck nectar or collect pollen, while other insects suck nectar; on pistillate flowers, all insects suck nectar; most observations are from Robertson, although some are from Krombein et al. as indicated below)
On staminate flowers:
Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada affabilis sn, Nomada articulata sn; Megachilidae (Trypetini): Heriades leavitti sn
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum cinctipes sn cp, Lasioglossum foxii, Lasioglossum imitatus sn cp fq, Lasioglossum veratus sn; Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis sn fq, Hylaeus illinoisensis sn fq, Hylaeus mesillae sn, Hylaeus modestus modestus sn fq, Hylaeus saniculae sn fq; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena crataegi sn cp fq, Andrena cressonii sn, Andrena nigrifrons sn, Andrena nuda sn cp, Andrena personata sn, Andrena robertsonii sn, Andrena spiraeana sn cp fq olg
Wasps
Sphecidae (Crabroninae): Anacrabro ocellatus, Oxybelus mexicanus; Vespidae (Eumeninae): Eumenes fraterna
Flies
Syrphidae: Cheilosia pallipes, Chrysogaster antitheus, Sphegina rufiventris; Empididae: Empis distans fq; Conopidae: Zodion americanum; Agromyzidae: Phytomyza palpalis (Coquillett, MS); Chloropidae: Olcella cinerea
Beetles
Cerambycidae: Euderces picipes fq, Grammoptera exigua, Metacmaeops vittata, Strangalepta abbreviata, Strangalepta pubera, Typocerus badia, Typocerus lugubris; Chrysomelidae: Althaeus hibisci, Disonycha sp.; Curculionidae: Centrinaspis picumna fq; Dermestidae: Anthrenus museorum fq, Cryptorhopalum haemorrhoidale fq, Cryptorhopalm triste fq, Orphilus niger fq; Elateridae: Dolerosomus silaceus; Melyridae: Attalus scincetus fq, Malachius erichsonii, Melyrodes cribatus fq; Mordellidae: Mordella marginata fq, Mordellistena aspersa fq, Mordellistena lutea, Mordellistena ornata, Mordellistena pubescens, Mordellistena scapularis fq, Mordellistena tosta; Nitidulidae: Epuraea labilis, Epuraea truncatella; Oedemeridae: Asclera puncticollis; Scarabaeidae: Trichiotinus affinis, Trichiotinus piger, Valgus canaliculatus; Scraptiidae: Pentaria trifasciatus fq
Plant Bugs
Miridae: Lopidea medius
On pistillate flowers:
Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata, Ceratina dupla dupla; Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada cuneatus, Nomada ovatus
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea, Augochlora purus, Augochlorella striata, Lasioglossum cinctipes, Lasioglossum coriaceus, Lasioglossum foxii, Lasioglossum imitatus fq, Lasioglossum pectoralis, Lasioglossum tegularis; Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis fq, Hylaeus illinoisensis fq, Hylaeus modestus modestus fq, Hylaeus saniculae fq; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena crataegi fq, Andrena cressonii, Andrena nigrifrons, Andrena pruni
Wasps
Sphecidae (Crabroninae): Crossocerus harringtonii
Flies
Syrphidae: Allograpta obliqua, Syrphus ribesii; Tachinidae: Clausicella floridensis
Beetles
Cerambycidae: Euderces picipes fq, Molorchus bimaculatus, Strangalepta pubera; Dermestidae: Anthrenus museorum fq, Cryptorhopalum haemorrhoidale fq, Cryptorhopalum triste fq, Orphilus niger fq; Mordellidae: Mordella marginata fq, Mordellistena aspersa fq, Mordellistena pubescens
Flower gender nspecified:
Bees (short-tongued)
Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus modestus modestus (Kr); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena forbesii (Kr), Andrena imitatrix imitatrix (Kr), Andrena milwaukeensis (Kr), Andrena fragilis (Kr), Andrena integra (Kr), Andrena nuda (Kr), Andrena rehni (Kr), Andrena spiraeana olg (Kr), Andrena ziziae (Kr)