Flower-Visiting Insects
of Pokeweed
Phytolacca americana (Pokeweed)
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, beetles feed on nectar or feed on pollen or gnaw on floral tissue, other insects suck nectar; observations are from Robertson, Moure & Hurd, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera sn (Rb, WR); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR), Ceratina strenua (WR); Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys modesta sn (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon splendens (MH), Augochlora pura pura (WR), Halictus confusus sn (Rb), Halictus ligatus sn (Rb), Lasioglossum cattellae (WR), Lasioglossum cressonii (WR), Lasioglossum hitchensi (WR), Lasioglossum imitatum sn cp fq (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum obscurum (WR), Lasioglossum versatum sn cp fq (Rb), Lasioglossum zephyrum sn (Rb); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus sp. (WR), Hylaeus fedorica (WR), Hylaeus illinoisensis (WR), Hylaeus mesillae (WR)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Crabroninae): Crossocerus impressifrons sn (WR); Pompilidae: Entypus fulvicornis sn (Rb); Vespidae (Polistinae): Polistes fuscatus sn (Rb)
Ants
Formicidae (Formicinae): Lasius alienus sn np (WR), Prenolepis imparis sn np (WR)
Flies
Syrphidae: Syritta pipiens sn fq (Rb), Toxomerus geminatus sn (Rb); Empidae: Empis clausa sn (Rb); Tachinidae: Archytas analis sn (Rb)
Beetles
Mordellidae: Mordella marginata (WR); Phalacridae: Olibrus semistriatus (WR)
Plant Bugs
Miridae: Neurocolpus nubilus (WR)