What Edible Thistle supports

132 native animals
supported in the US

11 caterpillars 18 bees 10 food 93 flowers

Caterpillars All

11 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.

Specialist bees All

18 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.

Oblique Longhorn Bee Epimelissodes obliquus Pollen specialist on Cirsium, Helianthus, Rudbeckia and 4 more on plume thistles
Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee Megachile pugnata Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Helianthus and 3 more on plume thistles
Horn-faced Leafcutter Bee Megachile fidelis Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 20 more on plume thistles
Small Long-horned Bee Melissodes microstictus Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Symphyotrichum and 14 more on plume thistles
Variable Pebble Bee Dianthidium subparvum Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Solidago, Grindelia and 12 more on plume thistles
Colorado Mason Osmia coloradensis Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 3 more on plume thistles
Agile Longhorn Bee Melissodes agilis Pollen specialist on Solidago, Cirsium, Helianthus and 5 more on plume thistles
Osmia montana Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 10 more on plume thistles

Plant eaters All

10 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.

Flower visitors All

93 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.