What Dense-flowered Smartweed supports
66
native animals
supported in the US
3
caterpillars
1
hosts
18
food
44
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
3 native moths and butterflies raised on 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
18 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Common Gallinule
Gallinula galeata
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Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
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Pennsylvania Flea Beetle
Disonycha pensylvanica
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Disonycha conjugata
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Lixus merula
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Smartweed Node Weevil
Rhinoncus longulus
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Isodontia philadelphica
on smartweeds
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Five-banded Thynnid Wasp
Myzinum quinquecinctum
on smartweeds
Flower visitors All
44 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Eastern Leaf-footed Bug
Leptoglossus phyllopus
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Red-headed Systena
Systena frontalis
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
on smartweeds
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Least Skipper
Ancyloxypha numitor
on smartweeds
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Fraternal Potter Wasp
Eumenes fraternus
on smartweeds
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Eastern Calligrapher
Toxomerus geminatus
on smartweeds
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Monarch
Danaus plexippus
on smartweeds
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Eastern Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa virginica
on smartweeds