Flower-Visiting Insects
of Swamp Saxifrage
Saxifraga pennsylvanica (Swamp Saxifrage)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen; wasps, ants, and sawflies suck nectar; flies suck nectar or feed on pollen; beetles suck nectar, or feed on pollen, and/or gnaw on floral tissue; two observations are from Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below, otherwise observations are from Graenicher; a scientific synonym of this plant is Micranthes pensylvanica)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum anomalum sn cp, Lasioglossum imitatum sn cp, Lasioglossum pilosum pilosum sn cp, Lasioglossum zephyrum sn cp; Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes cressonii sn, Sphecodes dichroa sn; Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus mesillae sn; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena mariae sn
Wasps
Sphecidae (Crabroninae): Ectemnius lapidarius, Ectemnius trifasciatus, Oxybelus uniglumis; Vespidae (Eumeninae): Symmorphus cristatus; Ichneumonidae: Chorinaeus funebris carinatus, Cryptus sp., Cryptus persimilis, Ichneumon sp.
Ants
Formicidae (Formicinae): Formica incerta sn np (WR)
Sawflies
Tenthredinidae: Dolerus aprilis, Dolerus similis
Flies
Agromyzidae: Melanogromyza aeneoventris; Stratiomyidae: Odontomyia pubescens; Conopidae: Zodion fulvifrons; Syrphidae: Allograpta obliqua, Eristalis arbustorum, Paragus bicolor, Platycheirus quadratus, Sphaerophoria contiqua, Syritta pipiens; Muscidae: Hydrotaea sp.; Sarcophagidae: Helicobia rapax; Calliphoridae: Lucilia illustris; Anthomyiidae: Delia platura, Phorbia sp.
Beetles
Cerambycidae: Brachysomida bivittata; Curculionidae: Centrinites strigicollis (WR); Elateridae: Glyphonyx recticollis; Orsodacnidae: Orsodacne atra