Flower-Visiting Insects
of Prickly
Ash
Zanthoxylum americanum (Prickly Ash)
(on staminate flowers, bees usually suck and less often collect pollen, while other insects suck nectar; on pistillate flowers, all insects suck nectar; observations are from Robertson)
On staminate flowers:
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn cp fq; Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada cuneatus sn fq, Nomada luteola sn fq; Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia pumila sn fq
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella striata sn, Lasioglossum coriaceus sn, Lasioglossum cressonii sn, Lasioglossum imitatus sn cp fq, Lasioglossum versatus sn cp fq; Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes inaequalis sn fq icp; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena cressonii sn fq, Andrena forbesii sn fq, Andrena imitatrix imitatrix sn fq, Andrena miserabilis bipunctata sn fq, Andrena sn rugosa fq, Andrena sayi sn fq
Wasps
Pompilidae: Priocnemis cornicus; Chrysididae: Chrysura pacifica
Flies
Syrphidae: Brachypalpus oarus, Toxomerus geminatus fq; Tachinidae: Gonia capitata fq
Beetles
Oedemeridae: Asclera puncticollis
On pistillate flowers:
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera fq; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata; Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada cressonii, Nomada cuneatus fq, Nomada denticulata, Nomada illinoiensis fq, Nomada luteola fq, Nomada ovatus fq, Nomada sayi fq, Nomada sulphurata; Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia lignaria lignaria fq, Osmia pumila fq
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella striata, Augochloropsis metallica metallica, Augochloropsis sumptuosa fq, Halictus ligatus, Halictus rubicunda, Lasioglossum cinctipes, Lasioglossum foxii fq, Lasioglossum imitatus fq, Lasioglossum versatus fq, Lasioglossum zephyrus fq, Paralictus platyparius; Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes inaequalis fq icp; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena cressonii fq, Andrena forbesii fq, Andrena hippotes, Andrena imitatrix imitatrix fq, Andrena mandibularis, Andrena miserabilis bipunctata fq, Andrena pruni fq, Andrena rugosa fq, Andrena sayi fq
Flies
Syrphidae: Epistrophe emarginata, Eristalis dimidiatus, Eupeodes americanus, Helophilus fasciatus, Orthonevra nitida, Sphaerophoria contiqua, Toxomerus geminatus fq; Conopidae: Myopa vesiculosa; Tachinidae: Archytas analis, Gonia capitata fq, Periscepsia clesides; Sarcophagidae: Ravinia derelicta; Calliphoridae: Phormia regina; Muscidae: Neomyia cornicina fq; Scathophagidae: Scathophaga furcata
Moths
Noctuidae: Anagrapha falcifera