Flower-Visiting Insects
of Upright Carrion
Flower
Smilax ecirrhata (Upright Carrion Flower)
(bees suck nectar or collect pollen, flies suck nectar or feed on pollen, while other insects suck nectar; all observations are from Graenicher)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon melliventris cp, Augochloropsis metallica metallica sn cp, Lasioglossum reticulatus sn cp; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena sp. cp
Flies
Tipulidae: Tipula fulvilineata sn/fp; Syrphidae: Eristalis arbustorum sn/fp, Toxomerus geminatus sn/fp; Tachinidae: Gonia capitata sn/fp; Anthomyiidae: Delia platura sn/fp, Phorbia spp. sn/fp; Calliphoridae: Calliphora splendida sn/fp, Calliphora vicina sn/fp, Calliphora vomitoria sn/fp, Lucilia illustris sn/fp, Lucilia sericata sn/fp, Phormia regina sn/fp, Pollenia rudis sn/fp, Protophormia terraenovae sn/fp; Muscidae: Clinopera sp. sn/fp (Gr, 1902), Drymeia sp. sn/fp, Hemichlora sp. sn/fp (Gr, 1902), Hydrotaea sp. sn/fp, Morellia micans sn/fp, Myospila meditabunda sn/fp, Neomyia cornicina sn/fp; Sarcophagidae: Helicobia spp. sn/fp, Helicobia rapax sn/fp, Sarcophaga spp. sn/fp, Sarcophaga sarracenioides sn/fp; Scathophagidae: Scathophaga furcata sn/fp; Chloropidae: Thaumatomyia glabra sn/fp, Thaumatomyia grata sn/fp; Platystomatidae: Rivellia flavimana sn/fp; Otitidae: Chaetopsis aenea sn/fp; Sepsidae: Sepsis vicaria sn/fp; Sphaeroceridae: Copromyza equina sn/fp; Piophilidae: Piophila casei sn/fp
Beetles
Cerambycidae: Analeptura lineola sn, Brachysomida bivittata sn; Elateridae: Cardiophorus obscurus sn; Melyridae: Malachius montanus sn, Malachius thevenetti sn; Orsodacnidae: Orsodacne atra sn; Pyrochroidae: Pedilus lugubris sn
Plant Bugs
Thyreocoridae: Corimelaena lateralis sn