What Parry's Agave supports

23 native animals
supported in the US

6 caterpillars 7 food 10 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

• Huachuca Giant-Skipper Agathymus evansi
• Arizona Giant-Skipper Agathymus aryxna on century plants
• Comadia redtenbacheri on century plants
• Mesepiola specca on century plants
• Mojave Giant-Skipper Agathymus alliae on century plants
• Mary's Giant-Skipper Agathymus mariae on century plants

Plant eaters All

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

• Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
• Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna on century plants
• Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus on century plants
• Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum on century plants
• White-eared Hummingbird Basilinna leucotis on century plants
• Montezuma Quail Cyrtonyx montezumae on century plants
• Long-tongued Bat Choeronycteris mexicana on century plants

Flower visitors All

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

• Giant Agave Bug Acanthocephala thomasi
• Mexican Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris nivalis
• Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
• Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
• Rivoli's Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens
• Lesser Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris yerbabuenae
• Lucifer Hummingbird Calothorax lucifer on century plants
• Berylline Hummingbird Saucerottia beryllina on century plants

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