What Cliff Thistle supports
55
native animals
supported in the US
7
caterpillars
3
bees
1
hosts
6
food
38
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
7 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
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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Pearl Crescent
Phyciodes tharos
on plume thistles
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American Sunflower Moth
Homoeosoma electella
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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Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee
Megachile inimica
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Erigeron, Cirsium and 10 more
on plume thistles
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Dark-faced Longhorn Bee
Melissodes tristis
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 17 more
on plume thistles
Hosted animals All
1 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
6 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Kern's Flower Scarab
Euphoria kernii
on plume thistles
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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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Hyaline Grass Bug
Liorhyssus hyalinus
on plume thistles
Flower visitors All
38 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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American Bumble Bee
Bombus pensylvanicus
on plume thistles
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Monarch
Danaus plexippus
on plume thistles
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Black Swallowtail
Papilio polyxenes
on plume thistles
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Urbane Digger Bee
Anthophora urbana
on plume thistles
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Pipevine Swallowtail
Battus philenor
on plume thistles
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Tripartite Sweat Bee
Halictus tripartitus
on plume thistles
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Huron Skipper
Atalopedes huron
on plume thistles
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Red Admiral
Vanessa atalanta
on plume thistles