What Suisun Marsh Aster supports

274 native animals
supported in the US

18 caterpillars 4 bees 1 hosts 4 food 247 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

Specialist bees All

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

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
Small Long-horned Bee Melissodes microstictus Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Symphyotrichum and 14 more on american asters
Melissodes pallidisignatus Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Symphyotrichum, Solidago and 7 more on american asters

Hosted animals All

1 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.

Calycomyza promissa on american asters

Plant eaters All

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

Flower visitors All

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