- Insects on Elderberry Plants shows some of the insects I have seen in Juneau coming to the flowers and leaves. These photos were taken in 2019.
- I expected to see huge numbers of insects coming to the flowers and was surprised at how few visited the flowers. I spent many hours looking at the flowers over several days at both sea level and alpine.
- In a very detailed report about these plants they reported: “The number of species of phytophagous insects associated with various shrubs and small trees was reported by Duffey et al. (1974). A total of 19 species was recorded on Sambucus nigra. This was a relatively
small number” - For fascinating information about these plants look at Sambucus nigra L. by MARK D. ATKINSON† and ELAINE ATKINSON
- Also look at Many Plants Have Extrafloral Nectaries Helpful to Beneficials by Russell F. Mizell
- And look at https://www.naturebob.com/what-comes-elderberry
- And https://www.naturebob.com/pacific-red-elderberry
