Flower-Visiting
Insects
of Silky Aster
Aster sericeus (Silky Aster)
(Bees suck nectar or collect pollen, flies and beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen, wasps and butterflies suck nectar; observations are from Reed, Swengel & Swengel, Williams, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus affinis (Re), Bombus impatiens (Re), Bombus vagans (Re); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR), Ceratina dupla (WR); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes dentiventris (Re); Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys rufitarsis sn (Re, WR); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile latimanus (Re), Megachile relativa (Re)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericeus (Re), Agapostemon texanus (Re), Agapostemon virescens (WR), Augochlorella aurata (WR), Augochlorella persimilis (WR), Halictus ligatus (WR), Lasioglossum leucozonium (Re)
Wasps
Ichneumonidae: Exetastes angustoralis (Re)
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis dimidiatus (Re), Eristalis stipator (Re), Helophilus latifrons (Re), Helophilus stipatus (Re), Syrphus sp. (Re); Bombyliidae: Systoechus sp. (Re)
Butterflies
Pieridae: Colias sp. (Re); Lycaenidae: Lycaeides melissa samuelis (Sw)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Wms)