Flower-Visiting Insects
of Lance-Leaved
Buckthorn
Rhamnus lanceolata (Lance-Leaved Buckthorn)
(Short-tongued bees suck nectar or collect pollen, other insects suck nectar; some observations are from Krombein et al. as indicated below, otherwise they are from Robertson)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus pensylvanica sn; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn; Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada cuneatus sn
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea sn fq, Augochlora purus purus sn cp, Augochlorella striata sn cp fq, Augochloropsis metallica metallica sn, Halictus confusus sn cp fq, Halictus rubicunda sn cp, Lasioglossum cinctipes sn cp, Lasioglossum forbesii sn cp, Lasioglossum foxii sn cp fq, Lasioglossum illinoensis sn, Lasioglossum imitatus sn cp fq, Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus sn cp fq, Lasioglossum pruinosus sn cp, Lasioglossum versatus sn cp fq, Lasioglossum zephyrus sn cp; Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes cressonii sn; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena crataegi sn, Andrena cressonii sn cp fq, Andrena erythrogaster sn (Rb, Kr), Andrena forbesii (Kr), Andrena mandibularis sn, Andrena miserabilis bipunctata sn, Andrena nasonii sn cp, Andrena nuda (Kr), Andrena personata sn cp
Wasps
Vespidae (Eumeninae): Ancistrocerus adiabatus, Eumenes fraterna
Sawflies
Tenthredinidae: Dolerus unicolor
Flies
Syrphidae: Allograpta obliqua fq, Epistrophe emarginata, Eupeodes americanus, Helophilus fasciatus, Orthonevra nitida, Pipiza femoralis, Sphaerophoria contiqua fq, Syritta pipiens, Syrphus ribesii, Toxomerus geminatus fq, Toxomerus marginatus; Empididae: Rhamphomyia priapulus; Tachinidae: Tachinomyia panaetius; Sarcophagidae: Ravinia anxia, Sarcophaga sinuata; Calliphoridae: Cynomya cadaverina, Lucilia illustris, Lucilia sericata; Anthomyiidae: Delia platura fq; Fanniidae: Fannia manicata fq; Scathophagidae: Scathophaga furcata