Flower-Visiting Insects
of Red Raspberry
Rubus idaeus (Red Raspberry)
(These observations may refer to either the Eurasian variety, Rubus idaeus idaeus, or the North American variety, Rubus idaeus strigosus, of Red Raspberry. Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, beetles feed on nectar or pollen or they gnaw on floral tissue, wasps suck nectar. Information is limited; observations are from Gosling, Lovell, Stevens, and O'Brien as indicated below.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile inermis (Stv), Megachile relativa (Stv)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila evansi sn (OB)
Beetles
Buprestidae: Acmaeodera tubulus (Lv2); Byturidae: Byturus unicolor (Lv2); Cerambycidae: Pidonia ruficollis (Gsl), Strangalepta pubera (Gsl, Lv2), Trigonarthris minnesotana (Gsl); Elateridae: Agriotes stabilis (Lv2), Melanotus leonardi (Lv2)