Flower-Visiting Insects
of Zig-Zag
Aster
Aster prenanthoides (Zig-Zag Aster)
(Bees collect pollen or suck nectar; flies & beetles feed on pollen or suck nectar; other insects suck nectar; all observations are from Graenicher.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus vagans sn; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes rustica sn cp; Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica sn; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile cetuncularis sn cp
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea sn, Augochlorella striata sn cp, Halictus confusus sn cp, Halictus rubicunda sn, Lasioglossum forbesii sn, Lasioglossum versatus cp, Lasioglossum zephyrus sn; Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes americana sn, Colletes eulophi sn cp; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena asteris sn cp olg, Andrena hirticincta sn cp olg; Andrenidae (Panurginae): Heterosarus rudbeckiae sn
Wasps
Sphecidae (Bembicinae): Bembix americana; Sphecidae (Crabroninae): Ectemnius decemmaculatus, Ectemnius maculosus; Vespidae: Polistes fuscata; Vespidae (Eumeninae): Ancistrocerus adiabatus, Ancistrocerus antilope; Ichneumonidae: Pimpla pedalis
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalinus aeneus, Eristalis anthophorina, Eristalis dimidiatus, Eristalis flavipes, Eristalis tenax, Eristalis transversus, Helophilus fasciatus, Orthonevra pictipennis, Spilomyia longicornis, Spilomyia sayi, Syrphus ribesii, Toxomerus geminatus, Toxomerus marginatus, Tropidia quadrata; Scathophagidae: Scathophaga furcata; Anthomyiidae: Phorbia sp.; Calliphoridae: Lucilia illustris, Lucilia sericata; Muscidae: Graphomya maculata, Stomoxys calcitrans; Sarcophagidae: Sarcophaga sp.; Tachinidae: Archytas analis, Cylindromyia dosiades, Gymnoclytia immaculata, Phasia subopaca, Spallanzania hesperidarum, Tachinomyia panaetius
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Vanessa atalanta, Vanessa virginiensis; Pieridae: Colias philodice, Pieris rapae; Lycaenidae: Celastrina argiolus
Moths
Noctuidae: Anagrapha falcifera
Beetles
Chrysomelidae: Acalymma vittatum, Diabrotica undecimpunctata; Melyridae: Attalus terminalis; Mordellidae: Mordellistena comata
Plant Bugs
Miridae: Lygus lineolaris