What Horsetail Milkweed supports
137
native animals
supported in the US
6
caterpillars
2
hosts
20
food
109
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
6 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
Hosted animals All
2 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
20 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Fire-necked Longhorn Beetle
Batyle ignicollis
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Small Milkweed Bug
Lygaeus kalmii
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Great Golden Digger Wasp
Sphex ichneumoneus
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Great Black Digger Wasp
Sphex pensylvanicus
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Golden Paper Wasp
Polistes aurifer
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Noble Scoliid Wasp
Scolia nobilitata
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Red-femured Milkweed Borer
Tetraopes femoratus
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Checkered Melon Beetle
Paranapiacaba tricincta
Flower visitors All
109 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Western Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa californica
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Protandrena mexicanorum
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Great Purple Hairstreak
Atlides halesus
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Texas Leafcutter Bee
Megachile texana
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Morrison's Bumble Bee
Bombus morrisoni
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Glorious Protoxaea
Protoxaea gloriosa
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
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Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus