What supports Locust Borer

150 native plants
support it in the US

75 hosts 2 food 73 flowers

Host plants All

75 native plants it lives on or in, most recorded first.

• Black Locust Robinia pseudoacacia
• Canada Goldenrod Solidago canadensis keystone on goldenrods
• Tall Goldenrod Solidago altissima keystone on goldenrods
• Common Wrinkle-leaved Goldenrod Solidago rugosa keystone on goldenrods
• Giant Goldenrod Solidago gigantea keystone on goldenrods
• Bluestem Goldenrod Solidago caesia keystone on goldenrods
• Broad-leaved Goldenrod Solidago flexicaulis keystone on goldenrods
• Northern Seaside Goldenrod Solidago sempervirens keystone on goldenrods

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Food plants All

2 native plants it feeds on, most recorded first.

• Coyote Brush Baccharis pilularis
• Douglas' Aster Symphyotrichum subspicatum keystone

Nectar plants All

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

• Flat-topped Goldenrod Euthamia graminifolia
• Common Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum
• Late Boneset Eupatorium serotinum
• White Snakeroot Ageratina altissima
• Rubber Rabbitbrush Ericameria nauseosa
• Groundsel Tree Baccharis halimifolia
• Brown-eyed Susan Rudbeckia triloba
• Hyssopleaf Thoroughwort Eupatorium hyssopifolium

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