What Shiny Coneflower supports
113
native animals
supported in the US
4
caterpillars
5
bees
2
food
102
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
4 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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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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Common Eupithecia Moth
Eupithecia miserulata
on black-eyed susans and coneflowers
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Three-parted Epiblema Moth
Epiblema tripartitana
on black-eyed susans and coneflowers
Specialist bees All
5 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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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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Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee
Megachile inimica
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Erigeron, Cirsium and 10 more
on black-eyed susans and coneflowers
Plant eaters All
2 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
102 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Transverse-banded Flower Fly
Eristalis transversa
on black-eyed susans and coneflowers
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
on black-eyed susans and coneflowers
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Pearl Crescent
Phyciodes tharos
on black-eyed susans and coneflowers
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
on black-eyed susans and coneflowers
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Margined Calligrapher
Toxomerus marginatus
on black-eyed susans and coneflowers
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Eastern Calligrapher
Toxomerus geminatus
on black-eyed susans and coneflowers
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Gold-marked Thread-waisted Wasp
Eremnophila aureonotata
on black-eyed susans and coneflowers
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Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee
Agapostemon virescens
on black-eyed susans and coneflowers