Flower-Visiting Insects
of Aster-like Goldenrod
Oligoneuron album (Aster-like Goldenrod)
(Scientific synonyms of this plant include Aster ptarmicoides and Solidago ptarmicoides, another common name for this plant is White Goldenrod; bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies and beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen, other insects suck nectar, ants are non-pollinating; observations are from Swengel & Swengel, Williams, Semmler, and Wilhelm & Rericha)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus impatiens (WR); Anthophoridae (Epeolini): Epeolus bifasciatus sn (WR); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes dentiventris (WR); Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys sayi sn (WR); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis brevis (WR), Megachile centuncularis (WR), Megachile mendica (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericeus (WR), Augochlorella aurata (WR), Halictus ligatus (WR), Halictus rubicundus (WR), Lasioglossum pectorale WR), Lasioglossum pilosum pilosum (WR), Lasioglossum vierecki (WR); Halictidae (Sphecodinae): Sphecodes illinoensis sn (WR); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes aberrans (WR), Colletes mandibularis (WR)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Bembicinae): Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus sn (WR), Microbembex monodonta sn (WR); Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila nigricans sn (WR); Pompilidae: Anoplius nigritus sn (WR)
Ants
Formicidae (Dolichoderinae): Dorymyrmex grandulus sn np (WR); Formicidae (Formicinae): Formica dolosa sn np (WR), Formica incerta sn np (WR), Formica vinculans sn np (WR), Lasius neoniger sn np (WR), Nylanderia parvula sn np (WR), Prenolepis imparis sn np (WR); Formicidae (Myrmicinae): Crematogaster cerasi sn np (WR), Crematogaster lineolata sn np (WR), Monomorium minimum sn np (WR), Myrmica americana sn np (WR), Pheidole pilifera sn np (WR), Solenopsis molesta sn np (WR), Temnothorax ambiguus sn np WR)
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis stipator (WR), Eristalis transversa (WR), Toxomerus marginatus (WR); Bombyliidae: Chrysanthrax dispar sn (WR)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Phyciodes tharos sn (WR); Lycaenidae: Lycaeides melissa samuelis sn (Sw)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Oarisma poweshiek sn (Smm)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Wms)