Flower-Visiting Insects
of Grape
Honeysuckle
Lonicera reticulata (Grape Honeysuckle)
(also referred to as Lonicera prolifera; bees suck nectar or collect pollen as indicated below; Syrphid flies feed on pollen & are non-pollinating; other insects and hummingbirds suck nectar; all observations are from Graenicher)
Birds
Trochilidae: Archilochus colubris sn (Gr)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn (Gr); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus edwardsii sn fq (Gr), Bombus pensylvanica sn fq (Gr), Bombus vagans sn (Gr); Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora abrupta sn (Gr), Anthophora terminalis sn (Gr); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn (Gr); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia atriventris sn cp (Gr); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile relativa sn cp (Gr)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea sn (Gr), Augochlorella persimilis sn cp (Gr), Augochloropsis metallica metallica cp (Gr), Lasioglossum coriaceus cp (Gr), Lasioglossum forbesii cp (Gr)
Flies
Syrphidae: Epistrophe xanthostoma fp np (Gr), Toxomerus marginatus fp np (Gr)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Poanes zabulon sn (Gr)
Moths
Sphingidae: Hemaris diffinis sn (Gr)