Flower-Visiting Insects
of Wild
Garlic
Allium canadense (Wild Garlic)
(Bees suck nectar or collect pollen; bee flies suck nectar only, while other flies suck nectar or feed on pollen; other insects suck nectar. Observations are from Graenicher, Reed, Wilhelm & Rericha, and Discover Life.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus griseocollis (Re), Bombus impatiens (Re, WR), Bombus vagans (Re); Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora terminalis cp (Gr); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR); Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys moesta sn (Gr); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile relativa (Re); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis cylindricus sn (Gr), Hoplitis producta sn (Gr), Osmia pumila sn (Gr); Megachilidae (Stelidini): Stelis sexmaculata sn (Gr), Stelis subemarginata sn (Gr); Megachilidae (Trypetini): Heriades carinata (Re)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Halictus confusus sn (Gr), Lasioglossum albipenne sn (Gr), Lasioglossum athabascense (Re), Lasioglossum coriaceum sn cp (Gr), Lasioglossum cressonii sn (Gr), Lasioglossum pilosum (Re), Lasioglossum versatum sn (Gr); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes kincaidii (Re), Colletes robertsonii (Re); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis (Re, DL), Hylaeus mesillae sn (Gr), Hylaeus modestus modestus sn (Gr); Andrenidae (Panurginae): Calliopsis andreniformis sn cp (Gr)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Crabroninae): Oxybelus uniglumis (Gr); Sphecidae (Philanthinae): Cerceris nigrescens (Gr); Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila kennedyi (Gr); Vespidae (Eumeninae): Eumenes fraternus (Gr), Parancistrocerus pedestris (Gr), Parancistrocerus pensylvanicus (Gr)
Flies
Chamaemyiidae: Chamaemyia juncorum (Gr); Bombyliidae: Bombylius atriceps sn (Gr), Bombylius mexicanus sn (Gr); Syrphidae: Chrysotoxum sp. (Re), Eristalis arbustorum (Gr), Eristalis stipator (Re), Eupeodes americanus (Gr), Paragus tibialis (Gr), Sphaerophoria contiqua (Gr), Toxomerus geminatus (Gr, Re), Toxomerus marginatus (Gr); Tachinidae: Cylindromyia dosiades (Gr), Gymnosoma fuliginosum (Gr); Sarcophagidae: Sphixapata trilineata (Gr); Calliphoridae: Lucilia sericata (Gr); Anthomyiidae: Anthomyia sp. (Gr), Delia platura (Gr)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Polites peckius sn (WR)
Beetles
Coccinellidae: Cycloneda sanguinea sn (Gr); Mordellidae: Mordellistena comata sn (Gr)