Flower-Visiting Insects
of Heart-leaved Blackberry


Rubus alumnus (Heart-leaved Blackberry)
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, beetle activity is unspecified; observations are from Wilhelm & Rericha)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera (WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus bimaculatus (WR), Bombus impatiens (WR); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR), Ceratina dupla (WR), Ceratina mikmaqi (WR), Ceratina strenua (WR); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada cressonii sn (WR), Nomada pygmaea sn (WR); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica (WR); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile mucida (WR); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis spoliata (WR), Osmia bucephala (WR), Osmia cornifrons (WR)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Halictus confusus (WR), Lasioglossum versans (WR); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus sp. (WR), Hylaeus fedorica (WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena cressonii (WR), Andrena imitatrix (WR), Andrena nasonii (WR), Andrena pruni (WR)

Flies
Bombyliidae: Bombylius major sn (WR)

Beetles
Nitidulidae: Brassicogethes simplipes (WR)


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