What Missouri Orange Coneflower supports
174
native animals
supported in the US
13
caterpillars
15
bees
6
food
140
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
13 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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American Lady
Vanessa virginiensis
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Wavy-lined Emerald
Synchlora aerata
on black-eyed susans and coneflowers
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Gray Archips Moth
Archips grisea
on black-eyed susans and coneflowers
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Silvery Checkerspot
Chlosyne nycteis
on black-eyed susans and coneflowers
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American Sunflower Moth
Homoeosoma electella
on black-eyed susans and coneflowers
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Common Eupithecia Moth
Eupithecia miserulata
on black-eyed susans and coneflowers
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Stalk Borer Moth
Papaipema nebris
on black-eyed susans and coneflowers
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Gray-blotched Epiblema Moth
Epiblema carolinana
on black-eyed susans and coneflowers
Specialist bees All
15 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Carpenter-mimic Leafcutter Bee
Megachile xylocopoides
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Helianthus, Coreopsis and 3 more
on black-eyed susans and coneflowers
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Oblique Longhorn Bee
Epimelissodes obliquus
Pollen specialist on Cirsium, Helianthus, Rudbeckia and 4 more
on black-eyed susans and coneflowers
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Dark-veined Longhorn Bee
Melissodes trinodis
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 6 more
on black-eyed susans and coneflowers
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Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee
Megachile pugnata
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Helianthus and 3 more
on black-eyed susans and coneflowers
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Drury's Long-horned Bee
Melissodes druriellus
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 5 more
on black-eyed susans and coneflowers
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Parallel Leafcutter Bee
Megachile parallela
Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Solidago, Helianthus and 26 more
on black-eyed susans and coneflowers
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Coneflower Mining Bee
Andrena rudbeckiae
Pollen specialist on Rudbeckia and Ratibida
on black-eyed susans and coneflowers
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Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee
Megachile inimica
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Erigeron, Cirsium and 10 more
on black-eyed susans and coneflowers
Plant eaters All
6 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
140 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Ligated Furrow Bee
Halictus ligatus
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Common Buckeye
Junonia coenia
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Eastern Miner Bee
Calliopsis andreniformis
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Golden Sweat Bee
Augochlorella aurata
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
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Pearl Crescent
Phyciodes tharos
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Silver-spotted Skipper
Epargyreus clarus
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Huron Skipper
Atalopedes huron