Flower-Visiting Insects
of Highbush Blackberry
Rubus argutus (Highbush Blackberry)
(insect activity is unspecified; information is limited to bees; observations are from Discover Life)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus bimaculatus, Bombus griseocollis, Bombus pensylvanicus, Bombus vagans; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile mendica; Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis producta, Osmia lignaria, Osmia pumila
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochloropsis metallica; Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis, Hylaeus illinoisensis, Hylaeus mesillae; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena carlini, Andrena ceanothi, Andrena confederata, Andrena crataegi, Andrena cressonii, Andrena forbesii, Andrena hilaris