Flower-Visiting Insects
of Wild
Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana (Wild Strawberry)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, other insects primarily suck nectar or feed on pollen, although some weevils may feed on floral tissue; observations are from Robertson, Evans, Moure & Hurd, Mitchell, Grundel & Pavlovic, Krombein et al., MacRae, Swengel & Swengel, Grundel et al., Lovell, Voss, Wilhelm & Rericha, and O'Brien as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn (Rb); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus impatiens sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (Mch, Gnd), Ceratina dupla dupla sn cp fq (Rb, Ev, Gnd), Ceratina strenua (Gnd); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia speciosa sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Melectini): Melecta thoracica sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada illinoiensis sn (Rb), Nomada lepida sn (Gnd), Nomada ovatus sn (Rb), Nomada parva sn (Mch), Nomada superba superba sn (Rb); Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys octodentata sn (Rb); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis pilosifrons (Ev), Osmia atriventris sn cp (Rb, WR), Osmia conjuncta (Mch), Osmia georgica (Mch), Osmia illinoensis sn (Rb), Osmia lignaria lignaria (Mch), Osmia pumila sn cp (Rb)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericeus (Mch), Agapostemon texanus texanus (Mch), Augochlora pura pura sn cp (Rb), Augochlorella aurata sn cp fq (Rb, Gnd), Augochlorella striata sn cp (Rb), Augochloropsis metallica metallica (Mch, Ev), Halictus confusus sn cp fq (Rb, Ev, WR), Halictus ligatus sn cp (Rb, Gnd), Halictus rubicundus (Mch, Ev), Lasioglossum birkmanni (WR), Lasioglossum bruneri (MH), Lasioglossum coreopsis (Mch), Lasioglossum imitatum (Mch), Lasioglossum obscurum (MH), Lasioglossum pectorale sn cp fq (Rb, Ev, Gnd), Lasioglossum perpunctatum (MH), Lasioglossum pilosum pilosum sn cp fq (Rb, Ev), Lasioglossum tegulare sn cp (Rb), Lasioglossum versatum sn cp fq (Rb); Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes cressonii sn (Mch), Sphecodes heraclei heraclei sn (Mch), Sphecodes stygius sn (Rb); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus sp. (WR), Hylaeus affinis sn (Rb), Hylaeus mesillae sn (Rb, Gnd); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena alleghaniensis (Kr), Andrena barbilabris sn (Rb), Andrena ceanothi (Gnd), Andrena crataegi (Ev), Andrena cressonii sn (Rb), Andrena forbesii sn (Rb, Kr), Andrena miserabilis bipunctata (Mch), Andrena melanochroa cp olg (Kr, WR), Andrena nasonii sn fq (Rb), Andrena perplexa (Kr), Andrena personata (Mch), Andrena placida (Mch), Andrena sigmundi (Kr)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Podalonia luctuosa sn (OB); Vespidae: Polistes fuscatus sn (Rb)
Ants
Formicidae (Formicinae): Lasius alienus sn np (WR); Formicidae (Myrmicinae): Myrmica detritinodis sn np (WR), Myrmica fracticornis sn np (WR)
Flies
Stratiomyidae: Nemotelus glaber (Rb); Syrphidae: Eristalis arbustorum (Rb), Eristalis transversa (Rb), Helophilus fasciatus (Rb), Orthonevra pictipennis (Rb), Paragus bicolor fq (Rb), Sphaerophoria contiqua (Rb), Toxomerus marginatus (Rb), Tropidia mamillata (Rb); Empidae: Rhamphomyia priapulus (Rb); Bombyliidae: Bombylius fascipennis (Rb); Conopidae: Myopa vesiculosa (Rb), Zodion fulvifrons (Rb); Tachinidae: Gymnosoma fuliginosum (Rb), Tachinomyia panaetius (Rb); Calliphoridae: Lucilia illustris (Rb), Lucilia sericata (Rb); Sarcophagidae: Helicobia rapax (Rb), Sarcophaga sinuata fq (Rb); Anthomyiidae: Delia platura (Rb); Fanniidae: Fannia manicata (Rb)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Phyciodes tharos sn (Rb); Lycaenidae: Everes comyntas sn (Rb), Lycaeides melissa samuelis sn (GP, Sw); Pieridae: Colias philodice sn (Rb), Pieris rapae sn (Rb)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Amblyscirtes vialis sn (V), Erynnis juvenalis sn (Rb), Pholisora catullus sn (Rb)
Moths
Noctuidae: Anagrapha falcifera sn (Rb)
Beetles
Buprestidae: Acmaeodera neglecta (McR); Curculionidae: Anthonomus robustulus (Lv2), Centrinites strigicollis (WR); Dermestidae: Cryptorhopalum triste (Lv2)