What Caespitose Fleabane supports

198 native animals
supported in the US

11 caterpillars 9 bees 2 hosts 4 food 172 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

Specialist bees All

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

Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee Megachile pugnata Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Helianthus and 3 more on fleabanes and horseweeds
Sunflower Burrowing-Resin Bee Paranthidium jugatorium Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Helianthus, Heterotheca and 6 more on fleabanes and horseweeds
Horn-faced Leafcutter Bee Megachile fidelis Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 20 more on fleabanes and horseweeds
Small Long-horned Bee Melissodes microstictus Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Symphyotrichum and 14 more on fleabanes and horseweeds
Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee Megachile inimica Pollen specialist on Solidago, Erigeron, Cirsium and 10 more on fleabanes and horseweeds
Colorado Mason Osmia coloradensis Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 3 more on fleabanes and horseweeds
Osmia montana Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 10 more on fleabanes and horseweeds
Dark-faced Longhorn Bee Melissodes tristis Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 17 more on fleabanes and horseweeds

Hosted animals All

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

Plant eaters All

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

Flower visitors All

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