Flower-Visiting Insects
of Bristly
Sarsaparilla
Aralia hispida (Bristly Sarsaparilla)
(insect activity is unspecified, although generally most bees suck nectar or collect pollen, flies and beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen, while wasps and Cuckoo bees suck nectar only; observations are from Thomson et al.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus borealis, Bombus fervida, Bombus perplexus, Bombus rufocinctus, Bombus sandersoni, Bombus ternarius, Bombus terricola, Bombus vagans, Psithyrus sp.; Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada lepida sn, Nomada sayi sn; Anthophoridae (Pasitidini): Holcopasites caliopsidis; Megachilidae (Anthidini): Stelis labiata sn; Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys rufitarsus rufitarsus sn; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile relativa; Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis cylindricus; Megachilidae (Trypetini): Heriades variolosa variolosa
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Halictus rubicunda, Lasioglossum spp., Lasioglossum quebecensis; Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes spp. sn; Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus basalis, Hylaeus elliptica, Hylaeus gaigei, Hylaeus modestus modestus; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena thaspii, Andrena wilkella, Andrena w-scripta
Wasps
Sphecidae (Crabroninae): Crabro sp. sn, Lestica sp. sn, Oxybelus sp. sn; Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila sp. sn; Chrysididae: Hedychrum sp. sn; Vespidae (Eumeninae): Ancistrocerus spp. sn, Euodynerus spp. sn; Vespidae (Vespinae): Dolichovespula arctica sn, Dolichovespula arenaria sn
Flies
Syrphidae: Mallota bautias, Parasyrphus sp., Sphegina rufiventris, Temnostoma vespiformis; Sarcophagidae: Sarcophaga nearctica, Wohlfahrtia vigil
Beetles
Cerambycidae: Cosmosalia chrysocoma, Gnathacmaeops pratensis; Mordellidae: Mordella sp.; Scarabaeidae: Trichiotinus assimilis