Flower-Visiting Insects
of Rugosa Rose

Rosa rugosa (Rugusa Rose) introduced
(bees probably collect pollen, except for some cuckoo bees (Sphecodes spp.) that probably explore the flowers in vain for nectar; these observations are from Discover Life)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera (DL); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus bimaculatus fq (DL), Bombus griseocollis fq (DL), Bombus impatiens fq (DL), Bombus pensylvanicus (DL), Bombus perplexus (DL), Bombus sandersoni (DL), Bombus terricola (DL); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata fq (DL), Ceratina dupla fq (DL), Ceratina mikmaqi (DL); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica (DL); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile latimanus (DL), Megachile mendica (DL)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon splendens (DL), Agapostemon texanus (DL), Agapostemon virescens fq (DL), Augochlorella aurata fq (DL), Augochloropsis metallica (DL), Halictus confusus (DL), Halictus ligatus (DL), Halictus rubicundus (DL), Lasioglossum albipenne (DL), Lasioglossum birkmanni (DL), Lasioglossum coriaceum fq (DL), Lasioglossum cressonii (DL), Lasioglossum ephialtum fq (DL), Lasioglossum marinum (DL), Lasioglossum nymphaearum fq (DL), Lasioglossum oblongum (DL), Lasioglossum pectorale (DL), Lasioglossum pilosum fq (DL), Lasioglossum semicaeruleum (DL), Lasioglossum tegulare (DL), Lasioglossum versans (DL); Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes cressonii (DL), Sphecodes ranunculi (DL); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis (DL), Hylaeus modestus (DL), Hylaeus schwarzii (DL); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena commoda (DL), Andrena crataegi (DL), Andrena forbesii (DL), Andrena vicina (DL)

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