Flower-Visiting Insects
of Kittatinny Blackberry


Rubus bellobatus (Kittatinny Blackberry)
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, other insects suck nectar; observations are from Wilhelm & Rericha)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera (WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus bimaculatus (WR), Bombus impatiens (WR); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR), Ceratina strenua (WR); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada cressonii sn (WR); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia atriventris (WR)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura (WR), Lasioglossum cressonii (WR), Lasioglossum foxii (WR), Lasioglossum nigroviride (WR), Lasioglossum pectorale (WR), Lasioglossum subviridatum (WR), Lasioglossum versans (WR); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus sparsus (WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena forbesii (WR), Andrena imitatrix (WR), Andrena miserabilis bipunctata (WR)

Wasps
Vespidae (Eumeninae): Ancistrocerus adiabatus sn (WR)

Ants
Formicidae (Formicinae): Camponotus nearcticus sn np (WR), Camponotus pennsylvanicus sn np (WR), Formica subsericea sn np (WR)

Skippers
Hesperiidae: Epargyreus clarus sn (WR)


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