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  9. Mexican Cactus Fly

species 3,934 observations

Mexican Cactus Fly

Copestylum mexicanum

Status
presumed native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supported by All

210 native plants
support it in the US
  • Food plants Plants it feeds on Common Sunflower, Coyote Brush, Black-eyed Susan, Water Smartweed 13
  • Nectar plants Plants whose flowers it visits White Beggarticks, California Brittlebush, California Buckwheat, Toyon 197

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

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