Flower-Visiting
Insects
of Virgin's Bower
Clematis virginiana (Virgin's Bower)
(According to Robertson, bees suck nectar or collect pollen, while other insects suck nectar on staminate flowers; beetle and wasp activity is on flowers with unspecified gender; some observations are from from Williams and O'Brien as indicated below, otherwise observations are from Robertson)
On staminate flowers:
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus impatiens sn cp
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea sn, Halictus rubicunda sn, Lasioglossum illinoensis sn fq, Lasioglossum imitatus sn cp fq, Lasioglossum versatus sn cp, Lasioglossum zephyrus sn cp fq; Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes clematidis sn, Sphecodes dichroa sn fq; Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis sn
Wasps
Sphecidae (Bembicinae): Synnevrus plagiatus; Sphecidae (Crabroninae): Lestica confluentus, Lindenius columbianus, Oxybelus uniglumis; Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Isodontia apicalis, Sceliphron caementarium, Sphex ichneumoneus; Scoliidae: Scolia bicincta; Vespidae (Eumeninae): Ancistrocerus adiabatus, Euodynerus foraminatus
Flies
Stratiomyidae: Stratiomys normula; Syrphidae: Allograpta obliqua, Eristalis transversus, Platycheirus quadratus, Sphaerophoria contiqua, Syritta pipiens fq, Toxomerus marginatus; Conopidae: Thecophora occidensis; Tachinidae: Archytas analis, Archytas aterrima, Belvosia unifasciata, Gnadochaeta globosa, Linaemya comta, Phasia purpurascens, Siphona geniculata, Siphosturmia phyciodis; Sarcophagidae: Amobia aurifrons fq, Helicobia rapax, Sphixapata trilineata fq; Calliphoridae: Calliphora splendida, Calliphora vicina, Cochliomyia macellaria fq, Lucilia sericata; Muscidae: Graphomya americana, Limnophora narona, Musca domestica fq, Neomyia cornicina; Anthomyiidae: Calythea nigricans, Delia platura; Fanniidae: Fannia canicularis, Fannia incisurata, Fannia manicata fq; Milichiidae: Pholeomyia indecora; Sepsidae: Meroplius stercoraria, Sepsis violacea; Piophilidae: Piophila casei, Prochyliza xanthostoma
Butterflies
Lycaenidae: Celastrina argiolus
Plant Bugs
Miridae: Lopidea medius
Flower Gender Unspecified:
Wasps
Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila urnaria sn (OB), Sceliphron caementarium sn (OB)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Wms)