Flower-Visiting Insects
and Birds
of Japanese Barberry


Berberis thunbergii (Japanese Barberry) introduced
(the hummingbird sucks nectar, bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, the bee fly sucks nectar; observations are from Wilhelm & Rericha)

Birds
Trochilidae: Archilochus colubris sn (WR)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera (WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus bimaculatus (WR), Bombus impatiens (WR)

Flies
Bombyliidae: Bombylius major sn (WR)


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