Flower-Visiting Insects
of Common Mouse-Eared Chickweed
Cerastium fontanum (Common Mouse-Eared Chickweed) introduced
(Insects suck mostly nectar; two observations are from O'Brien and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below, otherwise observations are from Robertson)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus pensylvanicus; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla, Ceratina strenua sn (WR); Megachilidae (Stelidini): Stelis lateralis
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata, Halictus confusus; Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus mesillae; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena personata
Wasps
Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Podalonia luctuosa (OB); Vespidae (Eumeninae): Stenodynerus oculeus
Flies
Syrphidae: Sphaerophoria contiqua, Toxomerus marginatus; Bombyliidae: Toxophora amphitea; Conopidae: Zodion fulvifrons; Tachinidae: Gymnoclytia immaculata, Tachinomyia panaetius