Flower-Visiting Insects
of Missouri Dewberry


Rubus missouricus (Missouri Dewberry)
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen; beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen or gnaw on the flowers; information is limited; observations are from Wilhelm & Rericha)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus griseocollis (WR), Bombus impatiens (WR); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina strenua (WR)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum albipenne (WR); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus mesillae (WR); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis (WR)

Beetles
Mordellidae: Mordella atrata (WR), Mordella marginata (WR)


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