What Western Honey Mesquite supports

115 native animals
supported in the US

24 caterpillars 7 hosts 16 food 67 flowers 1 shelter

Caterpillars All

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

Hosted animals All

7 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.

Plant eaters All

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

Flower visitors All

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

Sheltered animals All

1 native animals that nest or roost in it, most recorded first.

Tanaostigmodes howardii on new world mesquites