Flower-Visiting Insects
of Golden
Aster
Chrysopsis villosa (Golden Aster)
(Also called Heterotheca camporum; 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 fervida, Bombus griseocallis, Bombus impatiens; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes illata; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile latimanus
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum pilosus
Wasps
Tiphiidae: Myzinum quinquecincta
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis transversus, Toxomerus marginatus; Bombyliidae: Systoechus sp., Villa sp.
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Vanessa cardui