What Spanish Needles supports

113 native animals
supported in the US

11 caterpillars 10 bees 2 hosts 9 food 81 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

Specialist bees All

10 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
Valiant Long-horned Bee Melissodes illatus Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 18 more on bur marigolds
Aster Cellophane Bee Colletes compactus Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Bidens and 3 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
Composite Bare-Miner Protandrena compositarum Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Bidens and 2 more on bur marigolds
Melissodes lupinus Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Ericameria, Symphyotrichum and 12 more 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

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

Flower visitors All

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