Helianthus maximiliana

This has been maybe the best year ever for the Helianthus max at the CB.  With all the rain, it grew big and tall, but then flopped over.  Like some of these stems are 10 feet long or I'm a dick, I mean duck.

Well though,  Helianthus max, in spite of the profusion of flowers, is not the insect attractant that some of the other Asteraceae are.  Considering Helianthus annua, Viguera dentata, Zexmenia hispida , Verbesina virginica, Solidago altissima;  H. max comes in last in terms of average insect popularity.   Why is that?  Only the WG knows.

However, an interesting blister beetle did turn up on the H. max  yesterday.