Flower-Visiting Insects
of Wild Rose
Rosa spp. (Wild Rose)
(bees collect pollen, beetles feed on pollen; information is limited to bees and beetles; flowers of native roses in North America produce only pollen; observations are from Lisberg & Young, Smith et al., and Gosling)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus bimaculatus cp (Smh); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata cp (Smh); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica cp (Smh); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile petulans cp (Smh); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia conjuncta cp (Smh), Osmia pumila cp (Smh)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Halictus rubicundus cp (Smh), Lasioglossum tegulare cp (Smh); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena imitatrix cp (Smh), Andrena microchlora cp (Smh)
Beetles
Cerambycidae: Cosmosalia chrysocoma fp (Gsl), Gaurotes cyanipennis fp (Gsl), Neoalosterna capitata fp (Gsl), Strangalepta pubera fp (Gsl), Trigonarthris minnesotana fp (Gsl), Typocerus velutinus velutinus fp (Gsl); Mordellidae: Mordella marginata fp (LY), Mordella melaena fp (LY), Mordellistena incommunis fp (LY), Mordellistena suturella fp (LY)