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  9. Common Drone Fly
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What supports Common Drone Fly

260 native plants
support it in the US
27 food 233 flowers

Food plants All

27 native plants it feeds on, most recorded first.

  • Common Madia Madia elegans
  • Pacific Aster Symphyotrichum chilense keystone
  • Hairy Gumweed Grindelia hirsutula
  • Bush Poppy Dendromecon rigida
  • Douglas' Aster Symphyotrichum subspicatum keystone
  • Stiff-leaved Showy Goldenrod Solidago rigidiuscula keystone
  • Pacific Poison Oak Toxicodendron diversilobum
  • Giant Goldenrod Solidago gigantea keystone
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Nectar plants All

233 native plants whose flowers it visits, most recorded first.

  • Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium
  • New England Aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae keystone
  • White Snakeroot Ageratina altissima
  • Aromatic Aster Symphyotrichum oblongifolium keystone
  • Northern Seaside Goldenrod Solidago sempervirens keystone
  • Rubber Rabbitbrush Ericameria nauseosa
  • Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta
  • Common Blue Wood Aster Symphyotrichum cordifolium keystone
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