Flower-Visiting Insects
of Maryland Black Snakeroot
Sanicula marilandica (Maryland Black Snakeroot)
(Bees usually suck nectar and less often collect pollen, flies usually suck nectar and less often feed on pollen, other insects suck nectar. Some observations are from Krombein et al. and Stevens as indicated below, otherwise they are from Robertson.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile inermis (Stv)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella striata sn, Augochloropsis metallica metallica sn, Lasioglossum coriaceum sn, Lasioglossum foxii sn, Lasioglossum imitatum sn, Lasioglossum tegulare sn; Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis sn, Hylaeus mesillae sn, Hylaeus modestus modestus sn, Hylaeus saniculae sn; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena cressonii sn cp, Andrena miranda (Kr), Andrena personata sn, Andrena rugosa sn cp, Andrena ziziae sn cp olg (Rb, Kr)
Wasps
Braconidae: Vipio ashmeadi sn; Vespidae (Eumeninae): Ancistrocerus adiabatus sn, Symmorphus canadensis sn
Flies
Sciaridae: Sciara atrata; Empididae: Brachystoma robertsonii, Empis distans, Empis nuda; Syrphidae: Toxomerus geminatus, Toxomerus marginatus; Tachinidae: Siphona geniculata; Muscidae: Myospila meditabunda; Faniidae: Fannia incisurata; Hippoboscidae: Hippobosca longipennis; Clusiidae: Clusia lateralis; Chloropidae: Siphonella oscinina
Plant Bugs
Thyreocoridae: Corimelaena pulicaria; Miridae: Lopidea media