What Low Pricklypear supports
71
native animals
supported in the US
8
caterpillars
4
bees
2
hosts
15
food
42
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
8 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Eastern Cactus-boring Moth
Melitara prodenialis
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Opuntia Leaf Miner
Marmara opuntiella
on prickly pears
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Julia's Dicymolomia Moth
Dicymolomia julianalis
on prickly pears
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Scale-feeding Snout
Laetilia coccidivora
on prickly pears
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Staghorn Cholla Moth Euscirrhopterus cosyra on prickly pears
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Desert Bantam
Pseudoschinia elautalis
on prickly pears
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Loxomorpha flavidissimalis
on prickly pears
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Blue Cactus Borer
Melitara dentata
on prickly pears
Specialist bees All
4 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Southeastern Woodborer
Lithurgopsis gibbosa
Pollen specialist on Opuntia
on prickly pears
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Lithurgopsis littoralis
Pollen specialist on Opuntia, Cylindropuntia, Ferocactus and 1 more
on prickly pears
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Barrel Cactus Woodborer
Lithurgopsis echinocacti
Pollen specialist on Opuntia, Cylindropuntia, Ferocactus and 1 more
on prickly pears
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Melissodes mitchelli
Pollen specialist on Opuntia
on prickly pears
Hosted animals All
2 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
15 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Eastern Cottontail
Sylvilagus floridanus
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Kern's Flower Scarab
Euphoria kernii
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Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
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Curve-billed Thrasher
Toxostoma curvirostre
on prickly pears
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Cactus Coreid Bug
Chelinidea vittiger
on prickly pears
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White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiatica
on prickly pears
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Shortfin Mako
Isurus oxyrinchus
on prickly pears
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Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
on prickly pears
Flower visitors All
42 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee
Agapostemon virescens
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
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Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Bombus bimaculatus
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Eastern Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa virginica
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Golden Sweat Bee
Augochlorella aurata
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American Lady
Vanessa virginiensis
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Lasioglossum longifrons