Flower-Visiting Insects
of Smooth
Rose
Rosa blanda (Smooth Rose)
(Bees collect pollen, while Syrphid flies feed on pollen; observations are from Reed and Discover Life as indicated below.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus griseocollis (Re); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina sp. (Re)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon texanus (Re), Agapostemon virescens (Re), Halictus confusus (Re), Lasioglossum versans (DL); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus sp. (Re), Hylaeus affinis (Re), Hylaeus mesillae (Re); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena nivalis (DL)
Flies
Syrphidae: Toxomerus marginatus (Re)