Flower-Visiting Insects
of Wild Plum

Prunus americana (Wild Plum)
(Honeybees and short-tongued bees suck nectar or collect pollen, beetles feed on nectar or pollen, other insects suck nectar; observations are from Robertson, Krombein et al., Graenicher, MacRae, Discover Life, Lovell, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn cp fq (Rb); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus impatiens sn (Rb), Bombus pensylvanica sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR), Ceratina dupla dupla sn fq (Rb, WR), Ceratina mikmaqi (WR), Ceratina strenua (WR); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia speciosa sn fq (Rb); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada denticulata sn (Rb, WR), Nomada illinoiensis sn (Rb), Nomada integerrima sn (Rb, WR), Nomada luteola sn (Rb), Nomada obliterata sn fq (Rb), Nomada ovatus sn (Rb), Nomada sulphurata sn (Rb), Nomada superba superba sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica (WR)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea sn (Rb), Halictus confusus sn cp (Rb), Halictus rubicundus sn cp (Rb), Lasioglossum cinctipes sn (Rb), Lasioglossum hitchensi (WR), Lasioglossum imitatum sn (Rb), Lasioglossum laevissimum (WR), Lasioglossum pilosum pilosum sn cp fq (Rb), Lasioglossum pruinosum sn cp fq (Rb), Lasioglossum tegularis sn (Rb), Lasioglossum truncatum (WR), Lasioglossum versatum sn cp fq (Rb), Lasioglossum zephyrum sn cp (Rb); Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes dichroa sn (Rb); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes inaequalis sn fq (Rb), Colletes thoracicus (DL); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus mesillae sn (Rb); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena andrenoides andrenoides sn fq (Rb, Kr), Andrena barbilabris (DL), Andrena bisalicis sn (Rb, WR), Andrena commoda (DL), Andrena crataegi (WR), Andrena cressonii sn cp fq (Rb, WR), Andrena dunningi (WR), Andrena erythrogaster sn fq (Rb, Kr), Andrena erythronii sn cp (Rb), Andrena fenningeri cp olg (Kr), Andrena forbesii sn (Rb, Kr, WR), Andrena hippotes sn cp fq (Rb, Kr, WR), Andrena illinoiensis sn fq (Rb, Kr), Andrena imitatrix imitatrix sn cp fq (Rb, Kr, WR), Andrena mandibularis sn (Rb), Andrena miserabilis bipunctata sn cp fq (Rb, WR), Andrena nasonii (WR), Andrena nigrae (Kr), Andrena nuda (Kr), Andrena perplexa (Kr), Andrena pruni sn (Rb), Andrena rubi (Kr), Andrena rugosa (Kr), Andrena salictaria (Kr), Andrena sayi sn cp fq (Rb), Andrena wellesleyana (Kr)

Wasps
Ichneumonidae: Lissonota scutellaris (Rb); Vespidae: Polistes fuscata (Rb)

Ants
Formicidae: Camponotus nearcticus sn np (WR), Dolichoderus plagiatus sn np (WR), Prenolepis imparis sn np (WR)

Flies
Syrphidae: Brachypalpus oarus (Rb), Chrysogaster antitheus (Rb), Eristalis anthophorina (Gr), Eristalis arbustorum (WR), Eristalis dimidiatus (Rb), Eupeodes americanus (Rb), Helophilus fasciatus (Rb), Orthonevra nitida (Rb), Platycheirus hyboreus (Rb), Sphaerophoria contiqua (Rb), Syrphus torvus (Rb), Toxomerus geminatus (Rb), Toxomerus marginatus fq (Rb); Empididae: Empis otiosa fq (Rb), Rhamphomyia priapulus (Rb); Bombyliidae: Bombylius major (Rb, WR); Conopidae: Myopa vesiculosa (Rb); Tachinidae: Gonia capitata (Rb), Siphona geniculata (Rb); Sarcophagidae: Ravinia anxia (Rb); Calliphoridae: Calliphora vicina (Rb), Cynomya cadaverina (Rb), Lucilia illustris (Rb), Lucilia sericata (Rb), Phormia regina (Rb); Muscidae: Neomyia cornicina (Rb); Anthomyiidae: Calythea pratincola (Rb), Delia platura fq (Rb); Chloropidae: Diplotoxa versicolor (Rb)

Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Danaus plexippus (Rb), Vanessa atalanta (Rb), Vanessa virginiensis (Rb); Papilionidae: Papilio glaucus (Rb); Pieridae: Pontia protodice fq (Rb)

Skippers
Hesperiidae: Erynnis juvenalis (Rb)

Moths
Noctuidae: Anagrapha falcifera (Rb)

Beetles
Buprestidae: Acmaeodera ornata (McR), Acmaeodera tubulus (McR); Cerambycidae: Brachysomida bivittata (Lv2), Idiopidonia pedalis (Lv2), Molorchus bimaculatus (Rb); Orsodacnidae: Orsodacne atra (Rb); Scarabaeidae: Valgus canaliculatus (Rb)

Plant Bugs
Thyreocoridae: Corimelaena pulicaria (WR)

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