Flower-Visiting
Insects
of Hairy Golden Aster
Chrysopsis villosa (Hairy Golden Aster)
(A scientific synonym of this plant is Heterotheca villosa. Bees suck nectar or collect pollen, flies and beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen, other insects suck nectar. Observations are from Reed, Williams, Wilhelm & Rericha, Stevens, and Rightmyer as indicated below.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus fervidus (Re), Bombus griseocollis (Re), Bombus impatiens (Re); Anthophoridae (Epeolini): Triepeolus laticaudus sn (Rtm), Triepeolus subalpinus sn (Rtm); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes illata (Re); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile inimica sayi (WR), Megachile latimanus (Re, Stv)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Halictus ligatus (WR), Lasioglossum pilosum pilosum (Re, WR)
Wasps
Tiphiidae: Myzinum quinquecinctum (Re)
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis transversa (Re), Toxomerus marginatus (Re); Bombyliidae: Systoechus sp. (Re), Villa sp. (Re)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Vanessa cardui (Re)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Wms); Curculionidae: Odontocorynus scutellum-album (WR); Melyridae: Collops quadrimaculatus (WR); Mordellidae: Mordella atrata (WR)