Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Tragopogon spp. (Goat's Beard) [Asteraceae]
(observations are from Stannard, Blackman & Eastop, Nakahara)
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Prociphilus erigeronensis [found on the roots of many herbaceous plants in the Asteraceae, Poaceae, & Fabaceae; this aphid is widely distributed in the USA, it also occurs in Ontario] BE2013
Thysanoptera (Thrips)
Thripidae: Thrips physapus (Dandelion Thrips) St1968, Thrips trehernei [polyphagous] Nk1994