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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Agaves, Orchids, Irises, and Allies
  6. Agave and Allies
  7. Century Plants
  8. Slim-footed Agave
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What Slim-footed Agave supports

13 native animals
supported in the US
4 caterpillars 4 food 5 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

  • Arizona Giant-Skipper Agathymus aryxna on century plants
  • Comadia redtenbacheri on century plants
  • Mesepiola specca on century plants
  • Mary's Giant-Skipper Agathymus mariae on century plants

Plant eaters All

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

  • Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna on century plants
  • Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus on century plants
  • Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum on century plants
  • Montezuma Quail Cyrtonyx montezumae on century plants

Flower visitors All

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

  • Lesser Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris yerbabuenae on century plants
  • Lucifer Hummingbird Calothorax lucifer on century plants
  • Rivoli's Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens on century plants
  • Two-tailed Swallowtail Papilio multicaudata on century plants
  • Western Carpenter Bee Xylocopa californica on century plants

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