What Walter's Aster supports

214 native animals
supported in the US

41 caterpillars 9 bees 2 hosts 11 food 151 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

Specialist bees All

9 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
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
Melissodes dentiventris Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 6 more on american asters
Eight-spotted Fairy Bee Perdita octomaculata Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Pityopsis and 4 more on american asters
Yellow-faced Miner Bee Andrena aliciae Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 3 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

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

Flower visitors All

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