Flower-Visiting Insects
of White Avens


Geum canadense (White Avens)
(Short-tongued bees suck nectar or collect pollen, other insects suck nectar or feed on pollen; some observations are from Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below, otherwise they are from Robertson)

Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Pasitidini): Holcopasites illinoiensis sn

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata sn cp, Halictus confusus sn, Lasioglossum imitatum sn cp, Lasioglossum pilosum sn, Lasioglossum pruinosum sn cp, Lasioglossum tegulare sn, Lasioglossum versatum sn cp; Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus mesillae sn; Andrenidae (Panurginae): Calliopsis andreniformis sn

Wasps
Sphecidae (Crabroninae): Lestica confluenta sn; Sphecidae (Philanthinae): Cerceris compacta sn; Chrysididae: Hedychrum violaceum sn; Vespidae (Eumeninae): Eumenes fraternus sn, Leionotus ziziae (Rb, MS) sn, Stenodynerus histrionalis sn

Flies
Syrphidae: Toxomerus marginatus sn; Tachinidae: Cylindromyia dosiades sn; Sarcophagidae: Helicobia rapax sn

Beetles
Cerambycidae: Euderces picipes sn; Dermestidae: Cryptorhopalum triste (WR); Mordellidae: Mordella marginata sn; Scarabaeidae: Trichiotinus viridans (WR)

Plant Bugs
Thyreocoridae: Corimelaena pulicaria sn


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