What Virginia Groundcherry supports
33
native animals
supported in the US
4
caterpillars
4
bees
1
hosts
3
food
21
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
4 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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Broad-footed Cellophane Bee
Colletes latitarsis
Pollen specialist on Physalis
on ground cherries
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Ground Cherry Sweat Bee
Lasioglossum pectinatum
Pollen specialist on Physalis
on ground cherries
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Ground-cherry Fairy Bee
Perdita halictoides
Pollen specialist on Physalis
on ground cherries
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Williston's Cellophane Bee
Colletes willistoni
Pollen specialist on Physalis
on ground cherries
Hosted animals All
1 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
3 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
21 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Virginia Giant Hover Fly
Milesia virginiensis
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Golden Sweat Bee
Augochlorella aurata
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Valgus canaliculatus
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Modest Sharptail
Coelioxys modestus
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Downy Long-horned Beetle
Anoplodera pubera
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Small-lined Acrobat Ant
Crematogaster lineolata
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Worthy Longhorn
Florilegus condignus
Pollen specialist on Pontederia
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Amorpha Borer
Megacyllene decora