What Scarlet Creeper supports
46
native animals
supported in the US
6
caterpillars
4
bees
3
hosts
8
food
25
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
6 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Mexican Fritillary
Euptoieta hegesia
on morning-glories
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Morning-glory Leafminer Moth
Bedellia somnulentella
on morning-glories
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Pink-spotted Hawkmoth
Agrius cingulata
on morning-glories
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Yellow-banded Wasp Moth
Syntomeida ipomoeae
on morning-glories
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Cosmopterix clemensella
on morning-glories
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Cosmopterix gemmiferella
on morning-glories
Specialist bees All
4 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Morning Glory Turret Bee
Melitoma taurea
Pollen specialist on Ipomoea and Calystegia
on morning-glories
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Margined Turret Bee
Melitoma marginella
Pollen specialist on Ipomoea
on morning-glories
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Apiform Morning glory-Digger
Ancyloscelis apiformis
Pollen specialist on Ipomoea
on morning-glories
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Kansas Squash Bee
Xenoglossa kansensis
Pollen specialist on Ipomoea
on morning-glories
Hosted animals All
3 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
8 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Black-chinned Hummingbird
Archilochus alexandri
on morning-glories
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Indian Cotton Jassid
Amrasca biguttula
on morning-glories
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Orchard Oriole
Icterus spurius
on morning-glories
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Costa's Hummingbird
Calypte costae
on morning-glories
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Glassy-winged Sharpshooter
Homalodisca vitripennis
on morning-glories
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Streak-backed Oriole
Icterus pustulatus
on morning-glories
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Potato Leafhopper
Empoasca fabae
on morning-glories
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Montezuma Quail
Cyrtonyx montezumae
on morning-glories
Flower visitors All
25 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Metric Paper Wasp
Polistes metricus
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
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Cloudless Sulphur
Phoebis sennae
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Banded Cucumber Beetle
Diabrotica balteata
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
on morning-glories
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American Bumble Bee
Bombus pensylvanicus
on morning-glories
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Broad-billed Hummingbird
Cynanthus latirostris
on morning-glories
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Lesser Long-nosed Bat
Leptonycteris yerbabuenae
on morning-glories