What White Heath Aster supports
427
native animals
supported in the US
89
caterpillars
33
bees
2
hosts
18
food
284
flowers
1
shelter
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
89 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Pearl Crescent
Phyciodes tharos
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Thinker Moth
Lacinipolia meditata
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Small Brown Quaker
Pseudorthodes vecors
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Gnorimoschema subterranea
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Bristly Cutworm Moth
Lacinipolia renigera
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Wavy-lined Emerald
Synchlora aerata
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Dingy Cutworm Moth
Feltia jaculifera
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Arcigera Flower Moth
Schinia arcigera
Specialist bees All
33 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Dark-veined Longhorn Bee
Melissodes trinodis
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 6 more
on american asters
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Drury's Long-horned Bee
Melissodes druriellus
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 5 more
on american asters
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Hairy-banded Mining Bee
Andrena hirticincta
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Grindelia and 1 more
on american asters
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Cloudy-winged Mining Bee
Andrena nubecula
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum and Euthamia
on american asters
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Parallel Leafcutter Bee
Megachile parallela
Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Solidago, Helianthus and 26 more
on american asters
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Horn-faced Leafcutter Bee
Megachile fidelis
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 20 more
on american asters
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Aster Mining Bee
Andrena asteris
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum and Eurybia
on american asters
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Small Long-horned Bee
Melissodes microstictus
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Symphyotrichum and 14 more
on american asters
Hosted animals All
2 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
18 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Greater Sage-Grouse
Centrocercus urophasianus
on american asters
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Western Calligrapher
Toxomerus occidentalis
on american asters
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Ruffed Grouse
Bonasa umbellus
on american asters
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Four-banded Stink Bug Wasp
Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus
on american asters
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Keeled Treehopper
Entylia carinata
on american asters
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Eastern Meadow Vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus
on american asters
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Scudder's Short-winged Grasshopper
Melanoplus scudderi
on american asters
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Brown Bear
Ursus arctos
on american asters
Flower visitors All
284 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
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Purplish Copper
Tharsalea helloides
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Northern Paper Wasp
Polistes fuscatus
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Narrow-headed Marsh Fly
Helophilus fasciatus
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Monarch
Danaus plexippus
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Black-shouldered Drone Fly
Eristalis dimidiata
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Pure Green Sweat Bee
Augochlora pura
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Bramble Mason Wasp
Ancistrocerus adiabatus
Sheltered animals All
1 native animals that nest or roost in it, most recorded first.