Flower-Visiting Insects
of Ohio
Buckeye
Aesculus glabra (Ohio Buckeye)
(bees suck nectar or collect pollen; observations are from Robertson, Krombein et al., and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera (WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus auricomus sn fq (Rb), Bombus bimaculatus (WR), Bombus fervidus (WR), Bombus griseocallis sn (Rb), Bombus impatiens sn (Rb, WR), Bombus pensylvanica sn fq (Rb); Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora ursina sn cp (Rb); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia belfragii sn cp fq icp (Rb), Synhalonia speciosa sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica (WR); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia bucephala bucephala sn cp fq (Rb), Osmia cordata sn (Rb)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata (WR), Lasioglossum foxii (WR); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes inaequalis (Kr); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena dunningi (WR), Andrena hippotes (Kr)