Flower-Visiting Insects
of
Sassafras
Sassafras albidum (Sassafras)
(Short-tongued bees suck nectar & less often collect pollen; beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen; other insects suck nectar; some observations are from Krombein et al. and MacRae as indicated below, otherwise they are from Robertson)
Bees (long-tongued)
Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia pumila sn
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Halictus rubicunda sn, Lasioglossum cinctipes sn, Lasioglossum cressonii sn, Lasioglossum illinoensis sn, Lasioglossum imitatus sn cp fq, Lasioglossum versatus sn cp, Lasioglossum zephyrus sn cp; Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes dichroa sn, Sphecodes minor sn; Andrenindae (Andreninae): Andrena andrenoides andrenoides sn, Andrena carlini sn, Andrena forbesii sn, Andrena hippotes sn, Andrena imitatrix imitatrix sn fq, Andrena lauracea sn, Andrena nigrae (Kr), Andrena salictaria sn
Wasps
Pompilidae: Priocnemis cornicus; Vespidae: Polistes fuscata; Ichneumonidae: Enicospilus bifoveolatus, Glypta rufiscutellaris, Idiolispa analis, Pimpla annulipes
Sawflies
Argidae: Arge macleayi; Tenthredinidae: Craterocercus obtusa, Macrophya bifasciatus, Macrophya epinotus
Flies
Bibionidae: Bibio femoratus fq, Bibio pallipes fq; Simuliidae: Cnephia pecuarum; Stratiomyidae: Sargus viridis; Syrphidae: Blera umbratilis fq, Brachypalpus oarus, Cheilosia capillata, Cheilosia punctulata fq, Chrysogaster antitheus, Eristalis dimidiatus, Eristalis transversus, Eupeodes americanus, Helophilus fasciatus, Myolepta strigilata, Orthonevra nitida, Platycheirus hyperboreus, Platycheirus obscurus, Platycheirus quadratus, Psilota buccata, Sphaerophoria contiqua, Syrphus ribesii, Syrphus torvus, Toxomerus marginatus; Empididae: Empis compta, Empis desiderata, Empis otiosa, Rhamphomyia exigua, Rhamphomyia limbata, Rhamphomyia mutabilis fq, Rhamphomyia piligeronis, Rhamphomyia priapulus fq, Rhamphomyia ravida fq icp, Rhamphomyia sordida; Tachinidae: Chetogena claripennis, Gonia capitata, Linnaemya comta, Panzeria aldrichi, Tachinomyia panaetius; Sarcophagidae: Boettcheria cimbicis, Helicobia rapax, Ravinia anxia, Sarcophaga sinuata; Calliphoridae: Cynomya cadaverina fq, Lucilia illustris, Phormia regina; Muscidae: Bithoracochaeta leucoprocta, Morellia micans fq, Neomyia cornicina; Anthomyiidae: Calythea nigricans, Delia platura fq; Fanniidae: Fannia incisurata, Fannia manicata fq; Agromyzidae: Melanogromyza aeneoventris; Milichiidae: Leptometopa latipes; Lonchaeidae: Earomyia aberrans; Chloropidae: Thaumatomyia glabra; Scathophagidae: Scathophaga furcata
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Vanessa virginiensis
Beetles
Buprestidae: Acmaeodera tubulus (McR); Cantharidae: Ancistronycha bilineata sn fq; Coccinellidae: Coleomegilla maculata sn; Oedemeridae: Asclera puncticollis sn
Plant Bugs
Thyreocoridae: Corimelaena pulicarius