Flower-Visiting Insects
of New Jersey
Tea
Ceanothus americanus (New Jersey Tea)
(Bees collect pollen or suck nectar; other insects suck nectar; most observations are from Robertson, otherwise they are from Moure & Hurd, Graenicher, Grundel & Pavlovic, and Krombein et al. as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus auricomus cp, Bombus griseocallis sn cp; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn; Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada articulata sn; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis brevis sn cp; Megachilidae (Trypetini): Heriades leavitti sn cp
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea (MH), Agapostemon splendens (MH), Agapostemon virescens (MH), Augochlora purus purus (MH), Augochlorella striata sn cp, Halictus confusus sn cp, Halictus ligatus (MH), Halictus parallelus (MH), Halictus rubicunda (MH), Lasioglossum cinctipes sn cp, Lasioglossum forbesii sn, Lasioglossum imitatus sn cp, Lasioglossum pectoralis sn cp, Lasioglossum truncatus sn cp, Lasioglossum versatus sn cp; Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes cressonii sn, Sphecodes minor sn; Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes eulophi sn (Rb, Kr), Colletes latitarsis (Kr), Colletes willistoni sn (Rb, Kr); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis sn, Hylaeus mesillae sn; Melittidae: Macropis steironematis sn fq; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena ceanothi (Kr), Andrena crataegi sn cp, Andrena mendica (Kr), Andrena nigrifrons sn (Rb, Kr), Andrena spiraeana (Kr), Andrena virginiana (Kr); Andrenidae (Panurginae): Calliopsis andreniformis sn (Rb, Kr), Heterosarus pauper (Kr)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Crabroninae): Lestica confluentus, Oxybelus emarginatus, Oxybelus mexicanus, Oxybelus packardii, Oxybelus uniglumis; Sphecidae (Larrinae): Tachysphex acuta, Tachysphex belfragei; Sphecidae (Philanthinae): Cerceris compacta, Cerceris compar, Cerceris clypeata, Cerceris finitima, Cerceris rufinoda, Cerceris rufopicta; Tiphiidae: Myzinum quinquecincta; Vespidae: Polistes dorsalis, Polistes fuscata; Vespidae (Eumeninae): Ancistrocerus adiabatus, Eumenes fraterna, Euodynerus foraminatus, Leionotus ziziae (Rb, MS), Parancistrocerus fulvipes, Stenodynerus fundatiformis, Stenodynerus oculeus; Pompilidae: Anoplius illinoensis, Anoplius marginatus, Anoplius nigritus, Anoplius tenebrosus, Ceropales robinsonii, Poecilopompilus interrupta; Chrysididae: Hedychrum violaceum; Leucospididae: Leucospis affinis
Sawflies
Argidae: Arge humeralis
Flies
Scaridae: Sciara atrata; Stratiomyidae: Nemotelus glaber; Syrphidae: Allograpta obliqua, Eupeodes americanus, Orthonevra nitida, Paragus bicolor, Sphaerophoria contiqua, Syritta pipiens, Toxomerus geminatus, Toxomerus marginatus, Tropidia mamillata, Tropidia quadrata; Empidae: Empis clausa; Bombyliidae: Hemipenthes sinuosa, Villa lateralis (Gr); Conopidae: Physoconops brachyrhynchus, Stylogaster biannulata, Thecophora occidensis, Zodion fulvifrons; Tachinidae: Archytas analis, Archytas aterrima, Copecrypta ruficauda, Cylindromyia euchenor, Gymnoclytia occidua, Linnaemya comta, Paradidyma singularis, Phasia purpurascens, Siphona geniculata, Spallanzania hesperidarum, Xanthomelanodes arcuatus; Sarcophagidae: Amobia aurifrons, Helicobia rapax, Sarcophaga sinuata; Calliphoridae: Lucilia illustris, Lucilia sericata, Phormia regina; Muscidae: Limnophora narona, Morellia micans, Musca domestica, Neomyia cornicina; Fanniidae: Fannia manicata; Sepsidae: Sepsis violacea; Tephritidae: Dioxyna picciola
Butterflies
Lycaenidae: Lycaeides melissa samuelis (GP), Satyrium acadicum, Satyrium calanus
Beetles
Cantharidae: Rhagonycha scitulus; Cerambycidae: Typocerus sinuatus; Chrysomelidae: Diabrotica cristata, Diabrotica undecimpunctata, Pachybrachis infaustus; Curculionidae: Centrinaspis picumna, Centrinaspis strigicollis, Odonotocorynus scutellum-album; Dermestidae: Cryptorhopalum haemorrhoidalis; Elateridae: Limonius griseus; Melyridae: Attalus scincetus; Mordellidae: Mordella marginata; Oedemeridae: Oxycopis thoracica; Scarabaeidae (Cetonniae): Trichiotinus piger
Plant Bugs
Miridae: Adelphocoris rapidus, Lygus lineolaris; Lygaeidae: Lygaeus turcicus