Flower-Visiting Insects
of Wild Climbing Rose
Rosa setigera (Wild Climbing Rose)
(Bees collect pollen; other insects feed on pollen; Syrphid flies are usually non-pollinating; observations are from Robertson, Wilhelm & Rericha, MacRae, and Tuell et al. as indicated below; these observations include Rosa setigera tomentosa.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera cp fq (Rb, Tll, WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus auricomus cp (Rb), Bombus bimaculatus cp (Tll, WR), Bombus griseocollis cp fq (Rb, WR), Bombus impatiens cp (Rb, Tll, WR), Bombus pensylvanicus cp fq (Rb); Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora abrupta cp fq (Rb, WR), Anthophora terminalis cp (WR); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata cp (WR); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia rosae cp olg (Rb), Synhalonia speciosa cp fq (Rb); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica cp (WR); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile addenda cp (Rb), Megachile latimanus cp (Rb), Megachile mendica cp fq (Rb); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia atriventris cp (WR), Osmia pumila cp (Rb, WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea cp (Rb), Agapostemon virescens cp fq (Rb, Tll), Augochlora pura cp (WR), Augochloropsis metallica fulgida cp (WR), Augochloropsis metallica metallica cp (Rb), Lasioglossum cinctipes cp (Rb), Lasioglossum coriaceum cp fq (Rb), Lasioglossum paradmirandum cp (WR), Lasioglossum rohweri cp (Tll), Lasioglossum versatum cp (Rb, WR); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis cp (WR), Hylaeus illinoisensis cp (WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena cressonii cp (WR), Andrena wheeleri cp (WR)
Flies
Syrphidae: Allograpta obliqua fp np (Rb), Chalcosyrphus violascens fp np (Rb), Eristalis transversus fp, Eupeodes americanus fp fq np (Rb), Heringia salax fp np (Rb), Mallota bautias fp fq (Rb), Mallota posticata fp (Rb), Milesia virginiensis fp fq (Rb), Myolepta nigra fp np (Rb), Syritta pipiens fp np (Rb), Temnostoma trifasciatum fp np (Rb), Trichopsomyia banksi fp np (Rb), Xylota angustiventris fp np (Rb); Bombyliidae: Anthrax albofasciatus fp (Rb), Anthrax oedipus fp (Rb), Hemipenthes sinuosa fp (Rb)
Beetles
Buprestidae: Acmaeodera neglecta fp (McR), Acmaeodera ornata fp (McR), Acmaeodera tubulus fp (McR); Scarabaeidae (Cetonniae): Trichiotinus piger fp (Rb)