Flower-Visiting Insects
of Nannyberry
Viburnum lentago (Nannyberry)
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies and most beetles suck nectar and/or feed on pollen, other insects suck nectar; the carrion beetle explores the flowers because it was lured by their smell; observations are from Lovell, Gosling, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera fq (Lvl, WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura pura (WR), Lasioglossum cinctipes (WR), Lasioglossum disparile (Lvl); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus sp. (WR), Hylaeus mesillae (WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena carlini (WR), Andrena cressonii (WR), Andrena designata (MS: Ashmead, Lvl), Andrena imitatrix (Lvl), Andrena rugosa (Lvl), Andrena vicina (Lvl), Andrena violae (Lvl)
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis saxorum (Lvl), Eristalis transversa (Lvl), Helophilus latifrons (Lvl), Mallota posticata (Lvl), Sphaerophoria contiqua (Lvl), Syritta pipiens (Lvl), Syrphus ribesii (Lvl); Empididae: Rhamphomyia luteiventris (Lvl); Muscidae: Morellia micans (Lvl)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Vanessa atalanta sn (WR)
Beetles
Cerambycidae: Analeptura lineola (Lvl), Pidonia ruficollis (Gsl), Stenocorus vittiger (Gsl); Nitidulidae: Carpophilus brachypterus (Lvl, Lv2), Colopterus truncatus (Lvl, Lv2); Pyrochroidae: Pedilus lugubris (Lv2); Scarabaeidae: Hoplia trifasciata (Lvl); Scraptiidae: Anaspis rufa (Lvl); Silphidae: Necrophila americana exp (WR)