Flower-Visiting Insects
of Field Mustard
Sinapis arvensis (Field Mustard)
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, while flies suck nectar and/or feed on pollen; observations are from Mulligan & Bailey)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus terricola (MB); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (MB)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericeus (MB), Halictus rubicundus (MB), Lasioglossum athabascence (MB), Lasioglossum cressonii (MB), Lasioglossum foxii (MB), Lasioglossum leucozonium (MB); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena forbesii (MB); Andrenidae (Panurginae): Calliopsis andreniformis (MB)
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis arbustorum (MB), Eristalis tenax (MB), Helophilus latifrons (MB), Helophilus stipatus (MB), Sphaerophorbia sp.; Calliphoridae: Lucilia illustris (MB)