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  8. White Beggarticks

species 93,386 observations

White Beggarticks

Bidens alba

Status
native
Bees
4 specialists raised on its pollen
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

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372 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Dainty Sulphur, Bidens Borer Moth, American Sunflower Moth, Faint-spotted Palthis Moth 6
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Giant Sweat Bee, Melissodes dentiventris, Yellow-faced Miner Bee, Rugose Spurred-Miner 4
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Liriomyza cracentis, Asphondylia ovata 2
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Common Cotton Stainer Bug, Green Lynx Spider, Spot-sided Coreid, Flat-collared Beewolf 13
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Poey's Furrow Bee, Fiery Skipper, Horace's Duskywing, Brown-winged Striped Sweat Bee 347

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

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