Flower-Visiting Insects
of Smooth Rock
Cress
Arabis laevigata (Smooth Rock Cress)
(Bees usually suck nectar, although some short-tongued bees also collect pollen; flies suck nectar or feed on pollen; most observations are from Robertson, otherwise they are from Krombein et al. as indicated)
Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata sn, Ceratina dupla dupla sn; Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada ovatus sn; Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia pumila sn
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora purus sn, Augochlorella striata sn cp, Lasioglossum macoupinensis sn, Lasioglossum obscurus sn, Lasioglossum versatus sn cp; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena arabis sn cp fq (Rb, Kr), Andrena nasonii sn, Andrena nigrae (Kr)
Flies
Syrphidae: Allograpta obliqua fp; Tachinidae: Siphona geniculata sn