What Smooth Blue Aster supports

413 native animals
supported in the US

89 caterpillars 33 bees 2 hosts 19 food 269 flowers 1 shelter

Caterpillars All

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

Specialist bees All

33 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.

Dark-veined Longhorn Bee Melissodes trinodis Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 6 more on american asters
Drury's Long-horned Bee Melissodes druriellus Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 5 more on american asters
Hairy-banded Mining Bee Andrena hirticincta Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Grindelia and 1 more on american asters
Cloudy-winged Mining Bee Andrena nubecula Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum and Euthamia on american asters
Parallel Leafcutter Bee Megachile parallela Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Solidago, Helianthus and 26 more on american asters
Horn-faced Leafcutter Bee Megachile fidelis Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 20 more on american asters
Aster Mining Bee Andrena asteris Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum and Eurybia on american asters
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

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

Flower visitors All

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

Sheltered animals All

1 native animals that nest or roost in it, most recorded first.

Epicauta oregona on american asters