Flower-Visiting Insects
of Meadow Willow
Salix petiolaris (Meadow Willow)
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, beetles feed on nectar or feed on pollen or gnaw on floral tissue; observations are from Wilhelm & Rericha)
Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada denticulata sn (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum foxii (WR), Lasioglossum nigroviride (WR), Lasioglossum pilosum pilosum (WR); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes inaequalis (WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena carlini (WR), Andrena cressonii (WR)
Beetles
Curculionidae: Acalyptus carpini gnw np (WR); Nitidulidae: Carpophilus brachypterus (WR)