Flower-Visiting Insects
of Ontario
Aster
Aster ontarionis (Ontario Aster)
(Bees suck nectar or collect pollen, flies suck nectar or feed on pollen, other insects suck nectar; all observations are from Reed)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus affinis, Bombus vagans; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina sp.; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes dentiventris cp olg; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis, Megachile latimanus
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea, Agapostemon virescens; Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus mesillae
Flies
Syrphidae: Eupeodes sp., Helophilus fasciatus
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Nymphalis milberti; Pieridae: Colias sp.