Flowering Plants Visited
by Rhipiphorus
fasciatus
Rhipiphorus fasciatus Say: Rhipiphoridae, Coleoptera
(Observations are from Robertson, Lovell, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below. This beetle lays eggs on flowers [lgf], and its larvae are parasitic on flower-visiting bees. An alternative spelling of the genus name is Ripiphorus and the family name is Ripiphoridae.)
Apiaceae: Cicuta maculata lgf (Rb), Eryngium yuccifolium lgf (Rb); Asteraceae: Erigeron annuus lgf (WR), Erigeron strigosus lgf (WR), Solidago sp. lgf (Lv2), Solidago missouriensis lgf (Rb)