Flower-Visiting Insects
of Multiflora Rose
Rosa multiflora (Multiflora Rose) introduced
(most bees collect pollen, while beetles feed on pollen; observations are from MacRae, Steury et al., Smith et al., Discover Life, and Wilhelm & Rericha)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera (WR); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (Smh, WR); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica (SDO); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile gemula (DL); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia pumila (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura (DL, WR), Augochlorella aurata (WR), Augochlorella persimilis (DL, WR), Augochlorella striata (DL), Halictus ligatus (DL), Lasioglossum cressonii (DL), Lasioglossum imitatum (DL), Lasioglossum nymphaearum (DL), Lasioglossum nigroviride (WR); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis (DL), Hylaeus annularis (DL), Hylaeus illinoisensis (WR), Hylaeus modestus (DL); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena crataegi (DL, WR), Andrena cressonii (WR), Andrena hippotes (WR), Andrena imitatrix (DL), Andrena miranda (DL), Andrena nivalis (DL), Andrena perplexa (WR), Andrena pruni (DL), Andrena rugosa (DL), Andrena vicina (DL, WR)
Beetles
Buprestidae: Acmaeodera ornata (McR), Anthaxia flavimana (McR); Curculionidae: Centrinites strigicollis (WR)