What Tickseed Sunflower supports

77 native animals
supported in the US

7 caterpillars 4 bees 1 hosts 7 food 58 flowers

Caterpillars All

7 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.

Specialist bees All

4 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.

Giant Sweat Bee Dieunomia heteropoda Pollen specialist on Solidago, Helianthus, Coreopsis and 3 more on bur marigolds
Melissodes dentiventris Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 6 more on bur marigolds
Yellow-faced Miner Bee Andrena aliciae Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 3 more on bur marigolds
Rugose Spurred-Miner Protandrena rugosa Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Bidens, Silphium and 2 more on bur marigolds

Hosted animals All

1 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.

Liriomyza cracentis on bur marigolds

Plant eaters All

7 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.

Flower visitors All

58 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.