What Smooth Ruellia supports
16
native animals
supported in the US
4
caterpillars
1
food
11
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
4 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
1 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
11 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Northern Paper Wasp
Polistes fuscatus
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Cloudless Sulphur
Phoebis sennae
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Wavy-lined Emerald
Synchlora aerata
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Tropical Plushback
Palpada furcata
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Downy Long-horned Beetle
Anoplodera pubera
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False Sunflower Cuckoo Nomad Bee
Holcopasites heliopsis
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Cresson's Nomad Bee
Nomada cressonii
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Illinois Cuckoo Sweat Bee
Sphecodes illinoensis