What Early Whitetop Fleabane supports
161
native animals
supported in the US
12
caterpillars
2
bees
1
hosts
7
food
139
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
12 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Common Eupithecia Moth
Eupithecia miserulata
on fleabanes and horseweeds
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Wavy-lined Emerald
Synchlora aerata
on fleabanes and horseweeds
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Common Looper Moth
Autographa precationis
on fleabanes and horseweeds
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Parectopa plantaginisella
on fleabanes and horseweeds
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Pearl Crescent
Phyciodes tharos
on fleabanes and horseweeds
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White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineata on fleabanes and horseweeds
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Bold-feathered Grass Moth
Herpetogramma pertextalis
on fleabanes and horseweeds
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Narrow Bucculatrix
Bucculatrix angustata
on fleabanes and horseweeds
Specialist bees All
2 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
Hosted animals All
1 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
7 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Keeled Treehopper
Entylia carinata
on fleabanes and horseweeds
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Pissonotus brunneus
on fleabanes and horseweeds
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Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
on fleabanes and horseweeds
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Citrus Flatid Planthopper
Metcalfa pruinosa
on fleabanes and horseweeds
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North American Tarnished Plant Bug
Lygus lineolaris
on fleabanes and horseweeds
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Mangora spiculata
on fleabanes and horseweeds
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Venus Cryptocephalus
Cryptocephalus venustus
on fleabanes and horseweeds
Flower visitors All
139 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Florida Small Carpenter
Ceratina floridana
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Florida Pebble Bee
Dianthidium floridiense
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Ligated Furrow Bee
Halictus ligatus
on fleabanes and horseweeds
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Margined Calligrapher
Toxomerus marginatus
on fleabanes and horseweeds
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Spurred Ceratina
Ceratina calcarata
on fleabanes and horseweeds
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Eastern Calligrapher
Toxomerus geminatus
on fleabanes and horseweeds
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Nimble Ceratina
Ceratina strenua
on fleabanes and horseweeds
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American Copper
Lycaena hypophlaeas
on fleabanes and horseweeds