What Tropical Sage supports
141
native animals
supported in the US
1
caterpillars
15
food
125
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
1 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
15 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Costa's Hummingbird
Calypte costae
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Lesser Goldfinch
Spinus psaltria
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Mexican Honey Wasp
Brachygastra mellifica
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American Potter Wasp
Eumenes americanus
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Large-tailed Aphideater
Eupeodes volucris
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Acmaeodera alicia
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Western Aphideater
Eupeodes fumipennis
on sages
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White-bowed Smoothwing
Scaeva affinis
on sages
Flower visitors All
125 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Gulf Fritillary
Dione vanillae
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Cloudless Sulphur
Phoebis sennae
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Two-spotted Longhorn Bee
Melissodes bimaculatus
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
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American Bumble Bee
Bombus pensylvanicus
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Large Orange Sulphur
Phoebis agarithe
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Eastern Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa virginica
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris