What Alpine Aster supports

33 native animals
supported in the US

4 caterpillars 13 food 16 flowers

Caterpillars All

4 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.

• Peppered Moth Biston betularia
• Wormwood Pug Eupithecia absinthiata
• Satyr Pug Moth Eupithecia satyrata
• Long-winged Shade Cnephasia longana

Plant eaters All

13 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.

• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
• Common Raven Corvus corax
• Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
• Redpoll Acanthis flammea
• Liriomyza eupatorii
• Tansy Aphid Macrosiphoniella tanacetaria
• Brown Bear Ursus arctos
• Common Grass Skimmer Paragus haemorrhous

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Flower visitors All

16 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.

• Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee Bombus bifarius
• Common Branded Skipper Hesperia comma
• Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
• Painted Lady Vanessa cardui
• Margined Calligrapher Toxomerus marginatus
• Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly Eristalis stipator
• Hairy-eyed Flower Fly Syrphus torvus
• Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee Bombus insularis

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