Flower-Visiting Insects
of Large-Flowered Mock
Orange
Philadelphus grandiflorus (Large-Flowered Mock Orange) introduced
(Bees suck nectar or collect pollen, other insects suck nectar; Philadelphus grandiflorus is native to areas lying east to southeast of Illinois, but it is sometimes cultivated because of its attractive flowers; Chelostoma philadelphi may be an oligolectic bee of Philadelphus spp.; observations are from Robertson)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus pensylvanica sn; Megachilidae (Trypetini): Chelostoma philadelphi sn cp fq icp olg
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum imitatus sn cp fq, Lasioglossum versatus sn cp, Lasioglossum zephyrus sn; Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis sn; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena crataegi sn cp, Andrena cressonii sn cp, Andrena imitatrix imitatrix sn cp fq, Andrena personata sn
Wasps
Vespidae (Eumeninae): Ancistrocerus adiabatus, Euodynerus foraminatus
Flies
Bibionidae: Dilophus obesulus; Calliphoridae: Lucilia illustris, Lucilia sericata, Pollenia rudis; Muscidae: Limnophora narona, Neomyia cornicina; Anthomyiidae: Delia platura; Fanniidae: Fannia manicata fq
Butterflies
Papilionidae: Papilio glaucus
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Epargyreus clarus