Flower-Visiting Insects
of Silky
Aster
Aster sericeus (Silky Aster)
(Bees suck nectar or collect pollen, flies suck nectar or feed on pollen, other insects suck nectar; observations are from Reed)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus affinis, Bombus impatiens, Bombus vagans; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes dentiventris; Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys rufitarsis; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile latimanus, Megachile relativa
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea, Agapostemon texanus texanus, Lasioglossum leucozonia
Wasps
Ichneumonidae: Exetastes angustoralis
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis dimidiatus, Eristalis stipator, Helophilus latifrons, Helophilus stipatus, Syrphus sp.; Bombyliidae: Systoechus sp.
Butterflies
Pieridae: Colias sp.