What Water Marigold supports
63
native animals
supported in the US
7
caterpillars
6
bees
2
hosts
6
food
42
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
7 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Dainty Sulphur
Nathalis iole
on bur marigolds
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Bidens Borer Moth
Epiblema otiosana
on bur marigolds
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Beggartick Leaffolder Moth
Agonopterix atrodorsella
on bur marigolds
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American Sunflower Moth
Homoeosoma electella
on bur marigolds
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Subgothic Dart Feltia subgothica on bur marigolds
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Faint-spotted Palthis Moth
Palthis asopialis
on bur marigolds
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Southern Emerald
Synchlora frondaria
on bur marigolds
Specialist bees All
6 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Giant Sweat Bee
Dieunomia heteropoda
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Helianthus, Coreopsis and 3 more
on bur marigolds
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Valiant Long-horned Bee
Melissodes illatus
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 18 more
on bur marigolds
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Aster Cellophane Bee
Colletes compactus
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Bidens and 3 more
on bur marigolds
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Yellow-faced Miner Bee
Andrena aliciae
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 3 more
on bur marigolds
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Composite Bare-Miner
Protandrena compositarum
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Bidens and 2 more
on bur marigolds
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Melissodes bidentis
Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Bidens and Rudbeckia
on bur marigolds
Hosted animals All
2 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
6 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
42 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
on bur marigolds
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Monarch
Danaus plexippus
on bur marigolds
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Fiery Skipper
Hylephila phyleus
on bur marigolds
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Checkered White
Pontia protodice
on bur marigolds
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Pearl Crescent
Phyciodes tharos
on bur marigolds
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Transverse-banded Flower Fly
Eristalis transversa
on bur marigolds
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Brown-winged Striped Sweat Bee
Agapostemon splendens
on bur marigolds
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
on bur marigolds