What Saltmarsh Morning-glory supports
37
native animals
supported in the US
5
caterpillars
4
bees
3
hosts
5
food
20
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
5 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
Specialist bees All
4 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Morning Glory Turret Bee
Melitoma taurea
Pollen specialist on Ipomoea and Calystegia
on morning-glories
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Margined Turret Bee
Melitoma marginella
Pollen specialist on Ipomoea
on morning-glories
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Apiform Morning glory-Digger
Ancyloscelis apiformis
Pollen specialist on Ipomoea
on morning-glories
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Kansas Squash Bee
Xenoglossa kansensis
Pollen specialist on Ipomoea
on morning-glories
Hosted animals All
3 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
5 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
20 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Hibiscus Turret Bee
Ptilothrix bombiformis
Pollen specialist on Hibiscus
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Black Swallowtail
Papilio polyxenes
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Delaware Skipper
Anatrytone logan
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Twin-spot Skipper
Oligoria maculata
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Epicauta strigosa
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
on morning-glories
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American Bumble Bee
Bombus pensylvanicus
on morning-glories
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Cloudless Sulphur
Phoebis sennae
on morning-glories