Flower-Visiting Birds
of Tatarian Honeysuckle


Lonicera tatarica (Tatarian Honeysuckle) introduced
(mason and leaf-cutting bees suck nectar and collect pollen, while other bees, Sphinx moths, and hummingbirds suck nectar only; the Syrphid fly feeds on pollen and is non-pollinating; observations are from Graenicher)

Birds
Trochilidae: Archilochus colubris sn (Gr)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus bimaculatus sn (Gr), Bombus pensylvanica sn (Gr), Bombus ternarius sn (Gr), Bombus vagans sn (Gr); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica sn (Gr); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis brevis sn cp (Gr); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia albiventris sn cp (Gr), Osmia distincta sn cp (Gr)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon melliventris sn (Gr), Augochlorella persimilis sn (Gr)

Flies
Syrphidae: Toxomerus marginatus fp np (Gr)

Moths
Sphingidae: Hemaris diffinis sn np (Gr)


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