Flower-Visiting Insects
of Doll's Eyes


Actaea pachypoda (Doll's Eyes)
(Short-tongued bees collect pollen, the wasp explores the flowers in vain for nectar, other insects feed on pollen, some flies and beetles are non-pollinating as indicated below; observations are from Robertson and Pellmyr as indicated below)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon splendens cp (Pel), Augochlorella striata cp (Rb), Halictus rubicundus cp (Pel), Lasioglossum sp. cp fq (Pel), Lasioglossum cressonii cp (Pel), Lasioglossum pectorale cp fq (Rb, Pel), Lasioglossum versans cp (Pel), Lasioglossum zephyrum cp (Rb)

Wasps
Vespidae (Eumeninae): Ancistrocerus catskill exp (Pel)

Flies
Chironomidae: Unidentified sp. fp np (Pel); Sciaridae: Bradysia sp. fp np (Pel); Bibionidae: Bibio xanthopus fp (Pel); Syrphidae: Baccha elongata fp np (Pel), Melanostoma mellinum fp fq (Pel), Sericomyia militaris fp (Pel), Sphegina rufiventris fp (Pel), Syritta pipiens fp (Pel), Temnostoma alternans fp (Pel), Toxomerus marginatus fp (Pel); Anthomyiidae: Egle concomitans fp (Pel), Hydrophoria conica fp (Pel); Muscidae: Drymeia flavinervis fp fq (Pel)

Beetles
Brachypteridae: Brachypterolus pulicarius fp (Pel); Cantharidae: Cantharis sp. fp (Pel); Cerambycidae: Cyrtophorus verrucosus fp (Pel), Evodinus monticola fp (Pel), Grammoptera subargentata fp (Pel), Pidonia ruficollis fp (Pel); Curculionidae: Phyllobius oblongus icp fq (Pel); Elateridae: Agriotes pubescens fp (Pel), Limonius sp. fp (Pel); Mordellidae: Mordellistena sp. fp np (Pel); Scarabaeidae: Dichelonyx sp. fp np (Pel)


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