Flower-Visiting Insects
of Staghorn Sumac
Rhus hirta (Staghorn Sumac)
(A scientific synonym of this shrub is Rhus typhina. Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, ants suck nectar and they are non-pollinating, beetles feed on nectar or feed on pollen or gnaw on floral tissue; observations are from Lovell and Wilhelm & Rericha)Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus griseocollis (WR), Bombus impatiens (WR); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina mikmaqi (WR); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica (WR); Megachilidae (Trypetini): Heriades variolosus (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Halictus rubicundus (WR), Lasioglossum foveolatum (WR); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus illinoisensis (WR), Hylaeus modestus (WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena brevipalpis (WR), Andrena crataegi (WR), Andrena spiraeana (WR)
Ants
Formicidae (Formicinae): Camponotus nearcticus sn np (WR), Camponotus pennsylvanicus sn np (WR), Formica incerta sn np (WR), Formica pallidefulva sn np (WR), Formica subsericea sn np (WR)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (WR); Cerambycidae: Trigonarthris proxima (Lv2); Curculionidae: Geraeus picumnus (WR); Melyridae: Attalus terminalis (Lv2, WR); Mordellidae: Mordella marginata (Lv2, WR); Tenebrionidae: Isomira quadristriata (Lv2)