Flower-Visiting Insects
of Wild Leek


Allium tricoccum (Wild Leek)
(Bees suck nectar or collect pollen, while flies suck nectar or feed on pollen; observations are from Graenicher, Wilhelm & Rericha, and Discover Life.)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn (Gr); Apidae (Bombini): Bobmus ternarius (DL), Bombus vagans sn (Gr); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile inermis (DL); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis producta sn (Gr)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura pura (WR), Halictus confusus sn cp (Gr), Lasioglossum connexum sn cp (Gr), Lasioglossum laevissimum (WR), Lasioglossum pilosum pilosum sn (Gr), Lasioglossum subviridatum (WR), Lasioglossum zephyrum sn cp (Gr); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis sn (Gr), Hylaeus modestus modestus sn (Gr)

Flies
Syrphidae: Sphaerophoria contiqua (Gr), Toxomerus geminatus (Gr); Calliphoridae: Lucilia illustris (Gr)


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