Flower-Visiting Insects
of Toothed Rock
Cress
Arabis shortii (Toothed Rock Cress)
(Bees suck nectar or collect pollen; flies suck nectar or feed on pollen; other insects suck nectar; observations are from Robertson)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn cp fq; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus griseocallis sn, Bombus impatiens sn; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata sn, Ceratina dupla dupla sn; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia belfragii sn; Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada cuneatus sn, Nomada hydrophylli sn, Nomada luteola sn, Nomada ovatus sn; Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia atriventris sn, Osmia pumila sn
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea sn, Augochlora purus sn fq, Augochlorella aurata sn cp, Augochlorella striata sn, Augochloropsis metallica metallica sn fq, Augochloropsis sumptuosa sn, Halictus confusus sn cp, Halictus rubicunda sn, Lasioglossum coriaceus sn, Lasioglossum foxii sn cp fq, Lasioglossum imitatus sn cp, Lasioglossum macoupinensis sn, Lasioglossum obscurus sn, Lasioglossum pectoralis sn cp, Lasioglossum tegularis sn cp, Lasioglossum versatus sn fq, Lasioglossum zephyrus sn; Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes ranunculi sn; Colletidae (Hylaeninae): Hylaeus modestus modestus sn; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena carlini sn, Andrena cressonii sn cp fq, Andrena geranii sn, Andrena miserabilis bipunctata sn, Andrena nasonii sn cp, Andrena personata sn fq
Wasps
Sapygidae: Sapyga centrata; Vespidae (Eumeninae): Euodynerus foraminatus
Flies
Syrphidae: Eupeodes americanus fp, Syrphus ribesii fp, Syrphus torvus sn, Toxomerus geminatus sn; Empididae: Empis nuda sn, Empis pudica sn; Bombyliidae: Bombylius major sn; Tachinidae: Siphona geniculata sn