What Mountain Thistle supports

111 native animals
supported in the US

11 caterpillars 9 bees 1 hosts 10 food 80 flowers

Caterpillars All

11 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.

Specialist bees All

9 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.

Oblique Longhorn Bee Epimelissodes obliquus Pollen specialist on Cirsium, Helianthus, Rudbeckia and 4 more on plume thistles
Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee Megachile pugnata Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Helianthus and 3 more on plume thistles
Horn-faced Leafcutter Bee Megachile fidelis Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 20 more on plume thistles
Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee Megachile inimica Pollen specialist on Solidago, Erigeron, Cirsium and 10 more on plume thistles
Colorado Mason Osmia coloradensis Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 3 more on plume thistles
Agile Longhorn Bee Melissodes agilis Pollen specialist on Solidago, Cirsium, Helianthus and 5 more on plume thistles
Osmia montana Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 10 more on plume thistles
Dark-faced Longhorn Bee Melissodes tristis Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 17 more on plume thistles

Hosted animals All

1 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.

Eight-spotted Flower Longhorn Beetle Typocerus octonotatus on plume thistles

Plant eaters All

10 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.

Flower visitors All

80 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.