Flower-Visiting Insects and Birds
of Swamp Fly
Honeysuckle
Lonicera oblongifolia (Swamp Fly Honeysuckle)
(this plant is found in Wisconsin and other states, but not Illinois; bees suck nectar or collect pollen as indicated below, hummingbirds suck nectar; all observations are from Graenicher)
Birds
Trochilidae: Archilochus colubris sn (Gr)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn (Gr); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus edwardsii sn (Gr), Bombus pensylvanica sn (Gr), Bombus ternarius sn (Gr), Bombus vagans sn (Gr); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn cp (Gr); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica sn (Gr); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia albiventris sn (Gr), Osmia atriventris sn (Gr)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon melliventris sn cp (Gr), Agapostemon sericea sn (Gr), Augochlorella persimilis sn cp (Gr), Lasioglossum coriaceus sn (Gr); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena vicina sn (Gr)