Flower-Visiting Insects
of Pasture Rose
Rosa carolina (Pasture Rose)
(Bees collect pollen; flies and beetles feed on pollen or explore the flowers; some beetles also gnaw on the flowers; Syrphid flies and beetles are sometimes non-pollinating; the butterfly is searching vainly for nectar; observations are from Robertson, Grundel & Pavlovic, Krombein et al., MacRae, Grundel et al., Lovell, Discover Life, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below; these observations include Rosa carolina subserrulata.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus bimaculatus (Gnd), Bombus griseocollis (Rb, Gnd, DL, WR), Bombus impatiens (Rb, Gnd, WR), Bombus pensylvanicus fq (Rb); Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora abrupta fq (Rb), Anthophora terminalis (Rb); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR), Ceratina dupla (Rb, WR), Ceratina mikmaqi (WR), Ceratina strenua (WR); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia speciosa fq (Rb); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica (DL); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis (Rb)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericeus (Rb), Agapostemon splendens (Gnd), Agapostemon virescens (Rb, DL), Augochlora pura (DL), Augochlorella aurata (Gnd), Augochlorella striata (Rb), Augochloropsis metallica (Rb), Lasioglossum cinctipes (DL), Lasioglossum cressonii (Gnd), Lasioglossum foveolatum (Gnd), Lasioglossum hitchensi (DL), Lasioglossum macoupinense (DL), Lasioglossum obscurum (DL), Lasioglossum truncatum (DL), Lasioglossum versatum (Rb), Lasioglossum vierecki (WR), Lasioglossum zephyrum (DL); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis/modestus (Gnd); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena arabis (DL), Andrena crataegi (DL), Andrena cressonii (Rb, WR), Andrena hippotes (Kr, DL), Andrena miranda (Kr, DL), Andrena nasonii (DL), Andrena nivalis (DL), Andrena thaspii (DL), Andrena virginiana (DL), Andrena w-scripta (DL)
Flies
Syrphidae: Allograpta obliqua np (Rb), Ceriana abbreviata np (WR), Chalcosyrphus nemorum np (Rb), Chalcosyrphus violascens np (Rb), Eupeodes americanus np (Rb), Mallota bautias (Rb), Mallota posticata (Rb), Ocyptamus fuscipennis np (Rb), Rhingia nasica np (Rb), Toxomerus geminatus np (Rb), Toxomerus marginatus np (WR), Volucella vesicularia np fq (Rb); Bombyliidae: Hemipenthes sinuosa (Rb)
Butterflies
Lycaenidae: Lycaeides melissa samuelis (GP) exp
Beetles
Anthicidae: Nototoxus subtilis fp gnw (WR); Attelabidae: Merhynchites bicolor gnw icp (Lv2, WR); Buprestidae: Acmaeodera neglecta (McR), Acmaeodera ornata (McR), Acmaeodera tubulus (McR); Cerambycidae: Strangalia famelica exp (WR), Strangalia luteicornis fp exp (WR); Chrysomelidae: Brachypnoea puncticollis (Lv2), Diabrotica undecimpunctata np (Rb); Cryptophagidae: Antherophagus ochraceus (Lv2); Curculionidae: Odontocorynus umbellae fp (WR); Erotylidae: Acropteroxys gracilis (Lv2); Mordellidae: Mordella marginata (Lv2, WR); Scarabaeidae: Macrodactylus subspinosus gnw (WR), Trichiotinus piger fq (Rb), Trichiotinus viridans fp gnw (WR)