What Clasping Coneflower supports
227
native animals
supported in the US
14
caterpillars
20
bees
13
food
180
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
14 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Common Eupithecia Moth
Eupithecia miserulata
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Dusky Leafroller Moth
Orthotaenia undulana
on black-eyed susans and coneflowers
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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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Meadow Rue Borer Moth
Papaipema unimoda
on black-eyed susans and coneflowers
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Stalk Borer Moth
Papaipema nebris
on black-eyed susans and coneflowers
Specialist bees All
20 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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Sunflower Burrowing-Resin Bee
Paranthidium jugatorium
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Helianthus, Heterotheca and 6 more
on black-eyed susans and coneflowers
Plant eaters All
13 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Euodynerus pratensis
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Spot-necked Epicauta
Epicauta callosa
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Calocoris barberi
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North American Tarnished Plant Bug
Lygus lineolaris
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Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly
Eristalis stipator
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Red-spotted Aster Mirid
Polymerus basalis
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Six-spotted Flower Longhorn Beetle
Strangalia sexnotata
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Zonitis perforata
Flower visitors All
180 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Ligated Furrow Bee
Halictus ligatus
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Northern Plushback
Palpada vinetorum
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Blue Dasher
Pachydiplax longipennis
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Hidalgo Mason Wasp
Euodynerus hidalgo
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Giant Sweat Bee
Dieunomia heteropoda
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Helianthus, Coreopsis and 3 more
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Pearl Crescent
Phyciodes tharos
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Common Buckeye
Junonia coenia
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Yellow-collared Scape Moth
Cisseps fulvicollis