Flower-Visiting Insects
of Rough Blazingstar
Liatris aspera (Rough Blazingstar)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen; flies suck nectar or feed on pollen; beetles feed on nectar, feed on pollen, or gnaw on floral tissue; other insects suck nectar. Observations are from Robertson, Hilty, Reed, Clinebell, Swengel & Swengel, Smith et al., Grundel et al., Tuell et al., Williams, Kopper et al., and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera (Gnd, WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus auricomus (Re), Bombus bimaculatus (Re, Cl), Bombus fervidus (Re, WR), Bombus fraternus (Cl), Bombus griseocollis (Re, Gnd, WR), Bombus impatiens fq (Re, Gnd, Tll, WR), Bombus pensylvanicus sn fq (Rb, Re, Cl, Smh, WR), Bombus vagans (Re, Gnd), Psithyrus citrinus sn (Re, Gnd, WR); Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora terminalis (Re, Gnd); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina sp. (Re), Ceratina calcarata (Gnd, WR), Ceratina dupla (WR), Ceratina mikmaqi (Gnd, WR), Ceratina strenua (Gnd); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes nivea sn (Rb), Melissodes subillata (Re), Melissodes trinodis (WR); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica (WR); Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys rufitarsis sn (WR); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis (Gnd, WR), Megachile gemula (WR), Megachile inimica sayi (Gnd, WR), Megachile latimanus (Re, WR), Megachile montivaga (Gnd), Megachile texana (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon splendens (Re, Gnd, WR), Agapostemon texanus (WR), Agapostemon virescens (Re, Gnd, Tll, WR), Augochlora pura (Gnd, WR), Augochlorella aurata (Gnd), Halictus ligatus (WR), Halictus rubicundus (Gnd), Lasioglossum perpunctatum (Gnd), Lasioglossum pilosum (Re, WR), Lasioglossum vierecki (WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena helianthi (Gnd, WR); Andrenidae (Panurginae): Perdita swenki (Gnd)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila kennedyi sn (Rb); Braconidae: Chelonus sericeus sn (Re)
Ants
Formicidae (Myrmicinae): Crematogaster cerasi sn np (WR)
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis dimidiatus (Re), Eristalis stipator (WR), Eristalis tenax (Re), Toxomerus marginatus (WR); Bombyliidae: Anastoechus sp. (Re), Exoprosopa sp. (Re), Exoprosopa fasciata sn (Rb, WR), Geron holosericeus (WR), Geron vitripennis (WR)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Danaus plexippus sn (Rb, H, WR), Junonia coenia sn (Cl, WR), Speyeria aphrodite aphrodite sn (Re), Speyeria cybele sn (WR), Speyeria idalia sn fq (Cl, KMC), Vanessa cardui sn (H, Re, WR), Vanessa virginiensis sn (WR); Papilionidae: Papilio polyxenes asterias sn (Cl), Papilio troilus sn (Rb); Pieridae: Colias sp. sn (Re), Colias cesonia sn (Rb), Colias eurytheme sn (H, WR), Colias philodice sn (Rb), Phoebis sennae sn (Cl), Pieris rapae sn (H, WR); Lycaenidae: Lycaeides melissa samuelis sn fq (Sw), Satyrium titus sn (Re)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Atalopedes campestris sn fq (Cl, WR), Epargyreus clarus sn fq (Cl, WR), Erynnis horatius sn (WR), Euphyes vestris sn (Cl), Hesperia leonardus leonardus sn (Re), Hylephila phyleus sn (WR), Polites peckius sn (Rb, H, Cl, WR), Polites themistocles sn (Cl, WR)
Moths
Ctenuchidae: Cisseps fulvicollis sn (Re); Noctuidae: Helicoverpa zea sn (H); Sphingidae: Hemaris diffinis sn (WR), Hemaris thysbe sn (WR)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Wms, WR); Chrysomelidae: Diabrotica cristata (WR), Diabrotica undecimpunctata (WR)