Flower-Visiting Insects
of Wahoo


Euonymus atropurpureus (Wahoo)
(flies suck nectar or feed on pollen, other insects suck nectar; observations are from Robertson and Graenicher)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora purus sn (Rb), Augochlorella striata sn (Rb), Lasioglossum imitatus sn (Rb), Lasioglossum versatus sn (Rb), Lasioglossum zephyrus sn (Rb)

Flies
Tipulidae: Nephrotoma pedunculata sn/fp (Gr); Syrphidae: Allograpta obliqua sn/fp (Rb, Gr), Eupeodes americanus sn/fp (Gr), Ocyptamus costatus sn (Rb), Ocyptamus fascipennis sn/fp (Gr), Syrphus ribesii sn/fp (Rb, Gr), Toxomerus marginatus sn (Rb); Tachinidae: Carcelia lucorum sn/fp (Gr), Lespesia sp. sn/fp (Gr), Nemorilla pyste sn/fp (Gr), Siphona brevirostris sn/fp (Gr); Anthomyiidae: Delia platura sn/fp (Rb, Gr), Pegomya sp. sn/fp (Gr); Calliphoridae: Phormia regina sn/fp (Rb, Gr), Pollenia rudis sn/fp (Gr); Muscidae: Clinopera spp. sn/fp (Gr, 1902), Helina sp. sn/fp (Gr), Hydrotaea sp. sn/fp (Gr), Mydaea spp. sn/fp (Gr), Myospila meditabunda sn (Rb), Neomyia cornicina sn (Rb); Sarcophagidae: Boettcheria cimbicis sn (Rb), Helicobia sp. sn/fp (Gr), Helicobia rapax sn (Rb), Ravinia anxia sn (Rb), Ravinia derelicta sn (Rb), Sarcophaga spp. sn/fp (Gr), Sarcophaga sinuata sn (Rb); Platystomatidae: Rivellia flavimana sn/fp (Gr); Fanniidae: Fannia manicata sn (Rb); Otitidae: Seioptera colon sn (Rb), Seioptera vibrans sn/fp (Gr); Lauxaniidae: Poecilolycia quadrilineata sn/fp (Gr)

Beetles
Chrysomelidae: Rhabdopterus picipes sn (Rb); Lampyridae: Ellychnia corrusca sn (Gr); Mordellidae: Mordellistena ornata sn (Rb)


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