QAL is called Chigger plant or chigger weed because chiggers love to hide on these plants. Although chiggers are a pain when they bite us they do play an important part in nature by feeding on insect eggs, small insects, and other organisms throughout their lives. Green Lacewings also hang out on QAL to eat prey, such as aphids. Cats of the Eastern Black Swallowtail butterfly love the leaves. honeybees love working the flowers and mason bees stop by to check them out from time to time also. The leaves of the plant are toxic but the root of Queen Anne's Lace is likely a direct ancestor of the modern carrot and very edible.
