What Texas Ragwort supports

31 native animals
supported in the US

6 caterpillars 2 bees 7 food 16 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

• Gem Moth Orthonama obstipata on groundsels
• American Sunflower Moth Homoeosoma electella on groundsels
• American Lady Vanessa virginiensis on groundsels
• Phyllocnistis insignis on groundsels
• Salt Marsh Moth Estigmene acrea on groundsels
• Cabbage Looper Moth Trichoplusia ni on groundsels

Specialist bees All

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

• Parallel Leafcutter Bee Megachile parallela Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Solidago, Helianthus and 26 more on groundsels
• Dark-faced Longhorn Bee Melissodes tristis Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 17 more on groundsels

Plant eaters All

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

• Spotted Cucumber Beetle Diabrotica undecimpunctata
• Long-tailed Aphideater Eupeodes americanus
• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos on groundsels
• Common Raven Corvus corax on groundsels
• Common Grass Skimmer Paragus haemorrhous on groundsels
• Western Flower Thrips Frankliniella occidentalis on groundsels
• American Serpentine Leaf Miner Liriomyza trifolii on groundsels

Flower visitors All

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

• Monarch Danaus plexippus
• Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus
• Common Buckeye Junonia coenia
• Painted Lady Vanessa cardui on groundsels
• Ligated Furrow Bee Halictus ligatus on groundsels
• Tripartite Sweat Bee Halictus tripartitus on groundsels
• Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos on groundsels
• Juniper Hairstreak Callophrys gryneus on groundsels

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