What Whitehouse's Aster supports
166
native animals
supported in the US
29
caterpillars
4
bees
2
hosts
7
food
124
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
29 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Pearl Crescent
Phyciodes tharos
on american asters
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American Lady
Vanessa virginiensis
on american asters
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Armyworm Moth
Pseudaletia unipuncta
on american asters
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Oblique-banded Leafroller Moth
Choristoneura rosaceana
on american asters
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Silvery Checkerspot
Chlosyne nycteis
on american asters
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Common Eupithecia Moth
Eupithecia miserulata
on american asters
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Wavy-lined Emerald
Synchlora aerata
on american asters
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Blackberry Looper Moth
Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria
on american asters
Specialist bees All
4 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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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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Parallel Leafcutter Bee
Megachile parallela
Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Solidago, Helianthus and 26 more
on american asters
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Melissodes dentiventris
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 6 more
on american asters
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Sandhills Longhorn Bee
Epimelissodes aegis
Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Helianthus, Chrysopsis and 2 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
7 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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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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Swamp Cicada
Neotibicen tibicen
on american asters
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Snakeweed Grasshopper
Hesperotettix viridis
on american asters
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Stictocephala brevitylus
on american asters
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Purple Bromeliad Fly
Copestylum violaceum
on american asters
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Black and Red Sumac Leaf Beetle
Cryptocephalus quadruplex
on american asters
Flower visitors All
124 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Monarch
Danaus plexippus
on american asters
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Transverse-banded Flower Fly
Eristalis transversa
on american asters
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Narrow-headed Marsh Fly
Helophilus fasciatus
on american asters
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Ligated Furrow Bee
Halictus ligatus
on american asters
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Black-shouldered Drone Fly
Eristalis dimidiata
on american asters
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Northern Paper Wasp
Polistes fuscatus
on american asters
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Pure Green Sweat Bee
Augochlora pura
on american asters
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Eastern Calligrapher
Toxomerus geminatus
on american asters