What Rock Ragwort supports

20 native animals
supported in the US

3 caterpillars 12 food 5 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

• Gem Moth Orthonama obstipata
• Wormwood Pug Eupithecia absinthiata
• Red Carpet Xanthorhoe decoloraria

Plant eaters All

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

• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
• Common Raven Corvus corax
• Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
• Redpoll Acanthis flammea
• Leafcurl Plum Aphid Brachycaudus helichrysi
• Brown Bear Ursus arctos
• Common Grass Skimmer Paragus haemorrhous
• Black-footed Globetail Sphaerophoria philanthus

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Flower visitors All

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

• Variable Duskyface Fly Melanostoma mellinum
• Northern Blue Plebejus idas
• Woolly-tailed Marsh Fly Helophilus hybridus
• Annulate Masked Bee Hylaeus annulatus
• Little Masked Bee Hylaeus pictipes