Flower-Visiting
Insects
of Rose Blackberry
Rubus rosa (Rose Blackberry)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen, ants suck nectar. Observations are from Wilhelm & Rericha.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus impatiens (WR); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR), Ceratina dupla (WR), Ceratina mikmaqi (WR), Ceratina strenua (WR); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada cressonii sn (WR); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica (WR); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia pumila (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata (WR), Halictus ligatus (WR), Lasioglossum pectorale (WR), Lasioglossum perpunctatum (WR); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus illinoisensis (WR), Hylaeus mesillae (WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena miserabilis bipunctata (WR), Andrena nasonii fq (WR), Andrena spiraeana (WR)
Ants
Formicidae (Formicinae): Formica glacialis sn np (WR), Formica montana sn np (WR), Formica subsericea sn np (WR)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus marginatus (WR), Rhagonycha recta (WR); Dermestidae: Orphilus ater (WR)