Flower-Visiting Insects
of Rough
Blazingstar
Liatris aspera (Rough Blazingstar)
(Bees suck nectar or collect pollen, flies feed on pollen or suck nectar, other insects suck nectar; observations are from Robertson, Hilty, Reed, and Clinebell)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus auricomus (Re), Bombus bimaculatus (Re, Cl), Bombus fervida (Re), Bombus fraternus (Cl), Bombus griseocallis (Re), Bombus impatiens (Re), Bombus pensylvanica sn fq (Rb, Re, Cl), Bombus vagans (Re), Psithyrus citrinus (Re); Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora terminalis (Re); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina sp. (Re); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes nivea sn (Rb), Melissodes subillata (Re); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile latimanus (Re)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon splendens (Re), Agapostemon virescens (Re), Lasioglossum pilosus (Re)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila kennedyi (Rb); Braconidae: Chelonus sericeus (Re)
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis dimidiatus (Re), Eristalis tenax (Re); Bombyliidae: Anastoechus sp. (Re), Exoprosopa sp. (Re), Exoprosopa fasciata sn (Rb)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Danaus plexippus (Rb, H), Junonia coenia (Cl), Speyeria aphrodite aphrodite (Re), Speyeria idalia (Cl), Vanessa cardui (H, Re); Papilionidae: Papilio polyxenes asterias (Cl), Papilio troilus (Rb); Pieridae: Colias sp. (Re), Colias cesonia (Rb), Colias eurytheme (H), Colias philodice (Rb), Phoebis sennae (Cl), Pieris rapae (H); Lycaenidae: Satyrium titus (Re)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Atalopedes campestris fq (Cl), Epargyreus clarus fq (Cl), Euphyes vestris (Cl), Hesperia leonardus leonardus (Re), Polites peckius (Rb, H, Cl), Polites themistocles (Cl)
Moths
Ctenuchidae: Cisseps fulvicollis (Re); Noctuidae: Helicoverpa zea (H)