Tanacetum vulgare Linnaeus 1753 (Family Asteraceae)
Height: 60-120cm
Annual, Tufts, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering July - October
(Earliest: 27.6)
Protective Chemicals |
Monoterpenoids |
Bornyl Acetate, Camphor, Cineole, Cymene, Limonene,
Pinene, Piperitone, Terpinene, Thujene, Thujone, Umbellulone |
Sesquiterpenoids |
Germacrene, Tanacetin, Tanavulgarol, Tatridin |
Diterpenoids |
Phytol |
Flavonoids |
Axillarin, Luteolin |
Sterols |
Isofucosterol, Sitosterol |
Ketones |
Artemisia Ketone, Pinocamphone |
Biotopes: |
Meadows |
Hedge Rows |
Flower Visitors: |
Many Apidae |
Many Braconidae |
Several Crabronidae |
Many Ichneumonidae |
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Many Tenthredinidae |
Many Vespidae |
Kleidotoma nigra |
Leptopilina heterotoma |
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Torymus cingulatus |
Torymus varians |
Pteromalus intermedius |
Trichomalus posticus |
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Pediobius saulius |
Platygaster demades |
Exallonyx ligatus |
Myrmica rubra |
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Eurytoma nodularis |
Tiphia minuta |
Pseudomalus auratus |
Priocnemis gracilis |
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Several Lycaenidae |
Several Nymphalidae |
Thymelicus lineola |
Many Crambidae |
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Several Gelechiidae |
Several Geometridae |
Many Noctuidae |
Several Tortricidae |
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Euclidia glyphica |
Rivula sericealis |
Argyresthia goedartella |
Argyresthia pruniella |
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Gillmeria ochrodactyla |
Gillmeria pallidactyla |
Yponomeuta padella |
Plutella xylostella |
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Anthophila fabriciana |
Coleophora striatipennella |
Epischnia prodromella |
Several Anthomyiidae |
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Several Calliphoridae |
Many Chloropidae |
Several Empidae |
Several Fanniidae |
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Many Muscidae |
Several Sepsidae |
Many Syrphidae |
Many Tachinidae |
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Several Tephritidae |
Platypalpus minutus |
Platypalpus pseudofulvipes |
Scathophaga stercoraria |
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Scathophaga suilla |
Sarcophaga carnaria |
Dictenidia bimaculata |
Tipula paludosa |
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Palloptera ustulata |
Leptosciarella pilosa |
Dilophus febrilis |
Opomyza petrei |
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Sylvicola punctatus |
Physiphora alceae |
Neuroctena anilis |
Beris vallata |
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Brachypogon sociabilis |
Setisquamalonchaea fumosa |
Several Cerambycidae |
Several Coccinellidae |
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Several Curculionidae |
Several Nitidulidae |
Several Oedemeridae |
Anthrenus fuscus |
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Anthrenus museorum |
Dasytes niger |
Dasytes virens |
Cantharis rufa |
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Rhagonycha fulva |
Cryptocephalus pini |
Anthocomus rufus |
Mordella holomelaena |
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Pheletes quercus |
Anaspis frontalis |
Nimbus contaminatus |
Olibrus aeneus |
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Proteinus brachypterus |
Many Miridae |
Several Pentatomidae |
Himacerus apterus |
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Nabis limbatus |
Coreus marginatus |
Brachycarenus tigrinus |
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale |
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Eurygaster testudinaria |
Panorpa communis |
Panorpa vulgaris |
Chrysoperla carnea |
Parasites: |
Septoria tanaceti |
Puccinia tanaceti |
Gillmeria ochrodactyla Larva (Stem Borer) |
Gillmeria pallidactyla Larva (Stem Borer) |
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Coleophora trochilella Larva |
Chromatomyia horticola |
Chromatomyia syngenesiae |
Contarinia tanaceti Larva (Flower Gall) |
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Ceratapion onopordi Larva (Stem Borer) |
Possible Parasites: |
Liriomyza strigata |
Herbivores: |
Several Tortricidae Larvae |
Ematurga atomaria Larva |
Siona lineata Larva |
Autographa gamma |
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Heliothis peltigera |
Phycitodes maritima |
Several Chrysomelidae |
Forficula auricularia |
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Cepaea |
Possible Herbivores: |
Vanessa cardui |
Sapivores: |
Several Aphididae |
Many Miridae |
Philaenus spumarius |
Florivores: |
Several Geometridae |
Aethes margaritana |
Protaetia fieberi |
Phytocoris varipes |
Granivores: |
Stictopleurus abutilon |
Stictopleurus punctatonervosus |
Megalocoleus tanaceti |
Possible Granivores: |
Scolopostethus thomsoni |
Liorhyssus hyalinus |
Nests: |
Acrocephalus palustris |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Tansy
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