What Le Conte's Thistle supports
98
native animals
supported in the US
14
caterpillars
3
bees
10
food
71
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
14 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Julia's Dicymolomia Moth
Dicymolomia julianalis
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Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
on plume thistles
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Common Looper Moth
Autographa precationis
on plume thistles
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American Lady
Vanessa virginiensis
on plume thistles
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Ailanthus Webworm Moth
Atteva aurea
on plume thistles
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Parthenice Tiger Moth
Apantesis parthenice
on plume thistles
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Artichoke Plume Moth
Platyptilia carduidactylus
on plume thistles
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Little Metalmark
Calephelis virginiensis
on plume thistles
Specialist bees All
3 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Oblique Longhorn Bee
Epimelissodes obliquus
Pollen specialist on Cirsium, Helianthus, Rudbeckia and 4 more
on plume thistles
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Osmia chalybea
Pollen specialist on Cirsium
on plume thistles
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Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee
Megachile inimica
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Erigeron, Cirsium and 10 more
on plume thistles
Plant eaters All
10 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Black Bean Aphid
Aphis fabae
on plume thistles
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Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
on plume thistles
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American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis
on plume thistles
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Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus
on plume thistles
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Ladder-marked Longhorn Beetle
Bellamira scalaris
on plume thistles
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Red-banded Leafhopper
Graphocephala coccinea
on plume thistles
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Hyaline Grass Bug
Liorhyssus hyalinus
on plume thistles
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Keeled Treehopper
Entylia carinata
on plume thistles
Flower visitors All
71 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Palamedes Swallowtail
Papilio palamedes
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Delta Flower Scarab
Trigonopeltastes delta
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Southern Cloudywing
Cecropterus bathyllus
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American Bumble Bee
Bombus pensylvanicus
on plume thistles
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
on plume thistles
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Monarch
Danaus plexippus
on plume thistles
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
on plume thistles
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Arogos Skipper
Atrytone arogos
on plume thistles