Flower-Visiting Insects
of Wild
Cucumber
Echinocystis lobata (Wild Cucumber)
(Short-tongued bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, the beetle feeds on pollen, flies usually suck nectar and less often feed on pollen, and other insects suck nectar. Two observations are from Williams and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below, otherwise observations are from Robertson)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes bimaculata bimaculata sn
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum versatum sn cp
Wasps
Sphecidae (Larrinae): Tachytes distinctus; Tiphiidae: Myzinum quinquecinctum; Scoliidae: Scolia bicincta
Flies
Syrphidae: Allograpta obliqua fq, Eupeodes americanus, Milesia virginiensis, Syritta pipiens fq, Syrphus ribesii, Toxomerus geminatus, Toxomerus marginatus; Sarcophagidae: Ravinia stimulans; Calliphoridae: Lucilia sericata, Phormia regina; Muscidae: Musca domestica, Neomyia cornicina; Anthomyiidae: Anthomyia leucostoma; Fanniidae: Fannia manicata fq
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus fp (Wms, WR)