What Wheel Milkweed supports
82
native animals
supported in the US
6
caterpillars
5
food
71
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
6 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
5 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
71 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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American Bumble Bee
Bombus pensylvanicus
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Small Milkweed Bug
Lygaeus kalmii
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Great Golden Digger Wasp
Sphex ichneumoneus
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Spine-shouldered Cellophane Bee
Colletes simulans
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum and Euthamia
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Common Little Leaf-cutter Bee
Megachile brevis
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
on milkweeds
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Southern Plains Bumble Bee
Bombus fraternus
on milkweeds
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Protandrena mexicanorum
on milkweeds