What Chaffweed supports

6 native animals
supported in the US

1 caterpillars 1 bees 1 food 3 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

• Loosestrife Borer Moth Papaipema lysimachiae on loosestrifes

Specialist bees All

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

• Fringed Loosestrife Oil Bee Macropis ciliata Pollen specialist on Lysimachia on loosestrifes

Plant eaters All

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

• Black Bean Aphid Aphis fabae

Flower visitors All

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

• Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens on loosestrifes
• Two-spotted Bumble Bee Bombus bimaculatus on loosestrifes
• Ligated Furrow Bee Halictus ligatus on loosestrifes