What Spanish Gold supports
94
native animals
supported in the US
4
caterpillars
11
bees
2
hosts
9
food
68
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
4 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
Specialist bees All
11 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 gumplants
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Dark-veined Longhorn Bee
Melissodes trinodis
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 6 more
on gumplants
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Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee
Megachile pugnata
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Helianthus and 3 more
on gumplants
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Parallel Leafcutter Bee
Megachile parallela
Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Solidago, Helianthus and 26 more
on gumplants
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Curved Pebble Bee
Dianthidium curvatum
Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Coreopsis, Grindelia and 1 more
on gumplants
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Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee
Megachile inimica
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Erigeron, Cirsium and 10 more
on gumplants
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Nevada Nomia
Dieunomia nevadensis
Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Heterotheca, Baccharis and 9 more
on gumplants
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Agile Longhorn Bee
Melissodes agilis
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Cirsium, Helianthus and 5 more
on gumplants
Hosted animals All
2 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
9 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Goldenrod Soldier Beetle
Chauliognathus pensylvanicus
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Pissonotus delicatus
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Acmaeodera mixta
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Spotted Cucumber Beetle
Diabrotica undecimpunctata
on gumplants
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Convergent Lady Beetle Hippodamia convergens on gumplants
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Geminaria canalis on gumplants
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Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly
Eristalis stipator
on gumplants
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Snakeweed Grasshopper
Hesperotettix viridis
on gumplants
Flower visitors All
68 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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American Bumble Bee
Bombus pensylvanicus
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Ligated Furrow Bee
Halictus ligatus
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Huron Skipper
Atalopedes huron
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Eastern Leaf-footed Bug
Leptoglossus phyllopus
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Colorado Soldier Beetle
Chauliognathus basalis
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Four-spotted Collops
Collops quadrimaculatus
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Bordered Patch
Chlosyne lacinia
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Dark Flower Scarab
Euphoria sepulcralis