Flower-Visiting Insects
of Inland New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus herbaceus (Inland New Jersey Tea)
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies suck nectar or feed on pollen, beetles feed on nectar or feed on pollen or feed on floral tissue, other insects suck nectar; observations are from Krombein et al., Swengel & Swengel, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum pilosum (WR), Lasioglossum vierecki (WR); Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes banksii sn (WR), Sphecodes clematidis sn (WR), Sphecodes coronus sn (WR), Sphecodes cressonii sn (WR), Sphecodes mandibularis sn (WR); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus sp. (WR), Hylaeus affinis (WR), Hylaeus illinoisensis (WR), Hylaeus mesillae (WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena forbesii (Kr), Andrena hippotes (Kr), Andrena illinoiensis (Kr), Andrena imitatrix imitatrix (Kr), Andrena ziziae (Kr)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Crabroninae): Lestica confluenta sn (WR), Oxybelus emarginatus sn (WR); Sphecidae (Philanthinae): Cerceris fumipennis sn (WR), Philanthus sanbornii sn (WR); Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila urnaria sn (WR); Pompilidae: Episyron biguttatus sn (WR); Tiphiidae: Paratiphia texana sn (WR); Vespidae (Eumeninae): Eumenes fraternus sn (WR), Euodynerus castigatus sn (WR), Euodynerus foraminatus sn (WR), Parancistrocerus pensylvanicus sn (WR), Stenodynerus histrionalis sn (WR)
Ants
Formicidae (Dolichoderinae): Forelius pruinosus sn np (WR), Tapinoma sessile sn np (WR); Formicidae (Formicinae): Formica incerta sn np (WR), Formica subsericea sn np (WR); Formicidae (Myrmicinae): Crematogaster cerasi sn np (WR), Monomorium minimum sn np (WR)
Flies
Stratiomyidae: Stratiomys obesa sn (WR); Syrphidae: Toxomerus marginatus (WR), Tropidia quadrata (WR); Bombyliidae: Bombylius fraudulentus sn (WR); Conopidae: Zodion fulvifrons sn (WR)
Butterflies
Lycaenidae: Lycaeides melissa samuelis (Sw)
Beetles
Anthicidae: Notoxus subtilis (WR); Carabidae: Lebia viridis (WR); Chrysomelidae: Acanthoscelides calvus (WR); Cleridae: Trichodes nuttalli (WR); Dermestidae: Cryptorhopalum triste (WR); Mordellidae: Mordella atrata (WR), Mordella marginata (WR)