Flower-Visiting Insects
of Peach-Leaved
Willow
Salix amygdaloides (Peach-Leaved Willow)
(on staminate flowers, short-tongued bees and honeybees suck nectar or collect pollen, while other insects suck nectar; on pistillate flowers, all insects suck nectar; a few observations are from Krombein et al. as indicated below, otherwise they are from Robertson; information about oligolegy in bees comes from Krombein et al.)
On staminate flowers:
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn cp fq; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata sn, Ceratina dupla dupla sn; Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada cuneatus sn fq, Nomada denticulata sn fq, Nomada illinoiensis sn fq, Nomada integerrima sn fq, Nomada luteola sn fq, Nomada obliterata sn, Nomada ovatus sn fq, Nomada sayi sn
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea sn, Augochlora purus sn, Augochlorella striata sn cp, Halictus confusus sn cp fq, Halictus ligatus sn, Halictus rubicunda sn cp fq, Lasioglossum cinctipes sn cp fq, Lasioglossum foxii sn cp fq, Lasioglossum illinoensis sn, Lasioglossum imitatus sn cp fq, Lasioglossum pectoralis sn cp fq, Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus sn cp fq, Lasioglossum truncatus sn cp, Lasioglossum versatus sn cp fq, Lasioglossum zephyrus sn cp fq; Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes cressonii sn; Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes inaequalis sn cp; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena andrenoides andrenoides sn cp fq olg (Rb, Kr), Andrena barbilabris sn cp, Andrena bisalicis sn cp olg, Andrena crataegi sn, Andrena cressonii sn cp fq icp, Andrena dunningi sn, Andrena erythrogaster sn cp fq olg (Rb, Kr), Andrena forbesii sn cp fq, Andrena hippotes sn cp fq, Andrena illinoiensis sn cp fq olg, Andrena imitatrix imitatrix sn cp fq, Andrena mandibularis sn cp, Andrena mariae sn cp fq olg, Andrena miserabilis bipunctata sn cp fq, Andrena nuda sn cp, Andrena personata sn, Andrena pruni sn, Andrena salictaria sn cp olg, Andrena sayi sn fq
Wasps
Pompilidae: Priocnemis cornicus; Vespidae: Vespula germanica
Flies
Syrphidae: Brachypalpus oarus, Chalcosyrphus nemorum, Cheilosia punctulata, Chrysogaster antitheus, Helophilus latifrons, Psilota buccata, Sphaerophoria contiqua, Tropidia mamillata; Empididae: Rhamphomyia hirtipes, Rhamphomyia limbata fq, Rhamphomyia priapulus fq; Bombyliidae: Bombylius major; Conopidae: Myopa vesiculosa fq; Muscidae: Morellia micans, Neomyia cornicina
On pistillate flowers:
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera fq; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus pensylvanica; Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada cuneatus fq, Nomada denticulata fq, Nomada illinoiensis fq, Nomada integerrima fq, Nomada luteola fq, Nomada ovatus fq, Nomada salicis; Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia pumila
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea, Augochlora purus, Halictus confusus fq, Halictus ligatus, Halictus rubicunda fq, Lasioglossum cressonii, Lasioglossum forbesii, Lasioglossum foxii fq, Lasioglossum imitatus fq, Lasioglossum pectoralis fq, Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus fq, Lasioglossum tegularis fq, Lasioglossum versatus fq, Lasioglossum zephyrus fq; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena andrenoides andrenoides fq olg, Andrena bisalicis olg, Andrena carlini, Andrena cressonii fq icp, Andrena dunningi, Andrena erythrogaster fq olg, Andrena erythronii, Andrena forbesii fq, Andrena imitatrix imitatrix fq, Andrena hippotes fq, Andrena mandibularis, Andrena mariae fq olg, Andrena miserabilis bipunctata fq, Andrena rugosa, Andrena sayi fq
Wasps
Pompilidae: Priocnemis cornicus; Ichneumonidae: Glypta rufiscutellaris fq; Vespidae: Vespula germanica
Sawflies
Tenthredinidae: Dolerus unicolor, Macrophya epinotus, Macrophya pulchelliformis; Xyelidae: Macroxyela ferruginea
Flies
Syrphidae: Brachypalpus oarus, Cheilosia punctulata, Eristalis dimidiatus, Eupeodes americanus, Platycheirus obscurus, Platycheirus quadratus, Sphaerophoria contiqua, Syrphus torvus, Toxomerus marginatus; Empididae: Rhamphomyia gilvipilosa, Rhamphomyia limbata fq, Rhamphomyia priapulus fq; Conopidae: Myopa vesiculosa fq, Myopa vicaria fq icp; Tachinidae: Gonia capitata; Calliphoridae: Cynomya cadaverina; Muscidae: Coenosia antennalis, Helina rufitibia, Neomyia cornicina, Phaonia fusca; Anthomyiidae: Delia platura fq; Fanniidae: Fannia manicata; Scathophagidae: Scathophaga furcata; Sepsidae: Sepsis violacea
Beetles
Orsodacnidae: Orsodacne atra
Flower gender unspecified:
Bees (short-tongued)
Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena nigrae (Kr)