What Purplestem Beggarticks supports
91
native animals
supported in the US
7
caterpillars
8
bees
2
hosts
9
food
65
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
7 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Dainty Sulphur
Nathalis iole
on bur marigolds
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Bidens Borer Moth
Epiblema otiosana
on bur marigolds
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Beggartick Leaffolder Moth
Agonopterix atrodorsella
on bur marigolds
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American Sunflower Moth
Homoeosoma electella
on bur marigolds
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Subgothic Dart Feltia subgothica on bur marigolds
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Faint-spotted Palthis Moth
Palthis asopialis
on bur marigolds
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Southern Emerald
Synchlora frondaria
on bur marigolds
Specialist bees All
8 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Giant Sweat Bee
Dieunomia heteropoda
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Helianthus, Coreopsis and 3 more
on bur marigolds
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Melissodes dentiventris
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 6 more
on bur marigolds
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Valiant Long-horned Bee
Melissodes illatus
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 18 more
on bur marigolds
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Aster Cellophane Bee
Colletes compactus
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Bidens and 3 more
on bur marigolds
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Yellow-faced Miner Bee
Andrena aliciae
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 3 more
on bur marigolds
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Rugose Spurred-Miner
Protandrena rugosa
Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Bidens, Silphium and 2 more
on bur marigolds
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Composite Bare-Miner
Protandrena compositarum
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Bidens and 2 more
on bur marigolds
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Melissodes bidentis
Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Bidens and Rudbeckia
on bur marigolds
Hosted animals All
2 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
9 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Tansy Aphid
Macrosiphoniella tanacetaria
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Redpoll
Acanthis flammea
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Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalis
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Tupelo-blackjack Aphid
Aphis coreopsidis
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Leafcurl Plum Aphid
Brachycaudus helichrysi
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American Serpentine Leaf Miner
Liriomyza trifolii
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Keeled Treehopper
Entylia carinata
on bur marigolds
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Sora
Porzana carolina
on bur marigolds
Flower visitors All
65 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Hairy-eyed Flower Fly
Syrphus torvus
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
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American Bumble Bee
Bombus pensylvanicus
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Pure Green Sweat Bee
Augochlora pura
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Black-shouldered Drone Fly
Eristalis dimidiata
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Noble Scoliid Wasp
Scolia nobilitata
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Eastern Thistle Longhorn Bee
Melissodes desponsus
Pollen specialist on Cirsium
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Eastern Tawny-Horned Spider Wasp
Entypus unifasciatus