What False Aster supports

27 native animals
supported in the US

4 caterpillars 14 food 9 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

• Peppered Moth Biston betularia
• Wormwood Pug Eupithecia absinthiata
• Satyr Pug Moth Eupithecia satyrata
• Long-winged Shade Cnephasia longana

Plant eaters All

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

• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
• Common Raven Corvus corax
• Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
• Redpoll Acanthis flammea
• Liriomyza eupatorii
• High Mountain Grasshopper Melanoplus frigidus
• Tansy Aphid Macrosiphoniella tanacetaria
• Brown Bear Ursus arctos

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Flower visitors All

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

• Variable Duskyface Fly Melanostoma mellinum
• Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
• Common Branded Skipper Hesperia comma
• Hairy-eyed Flower Fly Syrphus torvus
• Yellow-legged Flower Fly Syrphus rectus
• Cryptic Bumble Bee Bombus cryptarum
• Annulate Masked Bee Hylaeus annulatus
• Little Masked Bee Hylaeus pictipes

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