Flowering Plants Visited
by Milesia
virginiensis
Milesia virginiensis Drury: Syrphidae, Diptera
(observations are from Robertson, Graenicher, and Wilhelm & Rericha; this is the Yellow Jacket Hover Fly)
Apiaceae: Eryngium yuccifolium sn (Rb); Asteraceae: Aster pilosus sn (Rb), Bidens aristosa sn (Rb), Cirsium arvense sn/fp (Gr), Doellingeria umbellata (WR), Eupatorium altissimum sn (Rb), Eupatorium serotinum sn (Rb), Helianthus divaricatus fp np (Rb), Silphium perfoliatum fp np (Rb), Solidago canadensis sn (Rb); Caesalpiniaceae: Chamaecrista fasciculata [flwr fsp np] (Rb); Caprifoliaceae: Symphoricarpos orbiculatus sn (Rb); Cucurbitaceae: Echinocystis lobata sn (Rb); Fabaceae: Baptisia tinctoria (WR); Hypericaceae: Hypericum prolificum fp (WR); Lamiaceae: Mentha arvensis sn (Rb), Pycnanthemum tenuifolium sn (Rb); Polygonaceae: Fallopia scandens sn (Rb), Persicaria pensylvanica sn (Rb); Rosaceae: Rosa setigera fp fq (Rb); Scrophulariaceae: Verbascum thapsus fp np (Rb)