What Puget Sound Gumweed supports
95
native animals
supported in the US
5
caterpillars
12
bees
1
hosts
6
food
71
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
5 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
Specialist bees All
12 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee
Megachile pugnata
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Helianthus and 3 more
on gumplants
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Parallel Leafcutter Bee
Megachile parallela
Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Solidago, Helianthus and 26 more
on gumplants
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Curved Pebble Bee
Dianthidium curvatum
Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Coreopsis, Grindelia and 1 more
on gumplants
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Horn-faced Leafcutter Bee
Megachile fidelis
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 20 more
on gumplants
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Small Long-horned Bee
Melissodes microstictus
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Symphyotrichum and 14 more
on gumplants
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Variable Pebble Bee
Dianthidium subparvum
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Solidago, Grindelia and 12 more
on gumplants
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Short Sun-digger Bee
Anthophora curta
Pollen specialist on Ericameria, Deinandra, Solidago and 17 more
on gumplants
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Agile Longhorn Bee
Melissodes agilis
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Cirsium, Helianthus and 5 more
on gumplants
Hosted animals All
1 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
6 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Spotted Cucumber Beetle
Diabrotica undecimpunctata
on gumplants
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Black-footed Drone Fly
Eristalis hirta
on gumplants
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Punctate Blister Beetle
Epicauta puncticollis
on gumplants
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Convergent Lady Beetle Hippodamia convergens on gumplants
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Ornate Checkered Beetle
Trichodes ornatus
on gumplants
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Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly
Eristalis stipator
on gumplants
Flower visitors All
71 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Ligated Furrow Bee
Halictus ligatus
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Western Leafcutter Bee
Megachile perihirta
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Texas Striped Sweat Bee
Agapostemon texanus
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Tripartite Sweat Bee
Halictus tripartitus
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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee
Bombus vosnesenskii
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Prickly Ceratina
Ceratina acantha
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Tiny Small Carpenter
Ceratina nanula
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Confusing Furrow Bee
Halictus confusus