Flower-Visiting
Insects
of False Solomon's Seal
Smilacina racemosa (False Solomon's Seal)
(Bees collect pollen or explore the flowers in vain for nectar, flies and beetles feed on pollen or explore the flowers in vain for nectar, the butterfly explores the flowers in vain for nectar, and plant bugs rest [rst] on the flowers. Only pollen is available as a floral reward. Observations are from Graenicher, Robertson, Swengel & Swengel, Gosling, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera (Rb, WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura (Rb, WR), Augochlorella striata (Gr), Augochloropsis metallica fulgida (WR), Halictus rubicundus (Gr), Lasioglossum albipenne (Gr), Lasioglossum imitatum (Rb), Lasioglossum macoupinense (Rb), Lasioglossum obscurum (Rb), Lasioglossum pectorale (Rb), Lasioglossum truncatum (WR), Lasioglossum versatum (Rb), Lasioglossum zephyrum (Rb, Gr); Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes clematidis exp (Gr); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena spiraeana exp (WR)
Flies
Stratiomyidae: Stratiomys lativentris (Gr); Bombyliidae: Bombylius atriceps exp (Gr); Syrphidae: Eristalis arbustorum (Gr), Hiatomyia cyanescens (Rb), Somula decora (Rb), Toxomerus geminatus (Gr); Empididae: Empis levicula (Rb); Tachinidae: Archytas analis (Gr), Phyllomya cremides (Gr), Siphona geniculata (Rb); Sarcophagidae: Sarcophaga sp. (Gr); Calliphoridae: Lucilia illustris (Rb), Lucilia sericata (Gr); Muscidae: Drymeia sp. (Gr), Stomoxys calcitrans (Gr); Anthomyiidae: Phorbia sp. (Gr)
Butterflies
Lycaenidae: Lycaeides melissa samuelis (Sw)
Beetles
Cerambycidae: Brachysomida bivittata (Gr), Cyrtophorus verrucosus (Gr), Pidonia ruficollis (Gsl); Chrysomelidae: Gibbobruchus mimus (Rb); Elateridae: Agriotes oblongicollis (Gr); Meloidae: Epicauta murina (Gr); Mordellidae: Mordellistena scapularis (Rb); Pyrochroidae: Pedilus collaris (Gr), Pedilus terminalis (Rb); Scarabaeidae: Trichiotinus affinis (Rb), Trichiotinus piger (Gr), Valgus canaliculatus (Rb)
Plant Bugs
Miridae: Adelphocoris rapidus rst (Gr), Metriorrhynchomiris dislocatus rst (Gr), Poecilocapsus lineatus rst (Gr)