Flower-Visiting Insects
of Box Elder


Acer negundo (Box Elder)
(this small tree is normally wind-pollinated; bees collect pollen, while the beetle feeds on pollen; observations are from Robertson, Krombein et al., and Lisberg & Young)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera cp fq (Rb)

Bees (short-tongued)
Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena forbesii cp (Kr), Andrena imitatrix imitatrix cp (Kr)

Beetles
Mordellidae: Mordellistena cervicalis (LY)


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