What Late Purple Aster supports

328 native animals
supported in the US

72 caterpillars 21 bees 2 hosts 15 food 218 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

Specialist bees All

21 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
Aster Mining Bee Andrena asteris Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum and Eurybia on american asters
Spine-shouldered Cellophane Bee Colletes simulans Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum and Euthamia on american asters
Melissodes dentiventris Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 6 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

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

Flower visitors All

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