What Branching Phacelia supports
83
native animals
supported in the US
4
caterpillars
14
bees
1
food
64
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
4 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
Specialist bees All
14 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Phacelia Shortface
Dufourea mulleri
Pollen specialist on Phacelia and Nemophila
on scorpionweeds
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Chelostoma californicum
Pollen specialist on Phacelia
on scorpionweeds
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Blue-Phacelia Miner
Andrena palpalis
Pollen specialist on Phacelia
on scorpionweeds
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Baker's Phacelia-Shortface
Conanthalictus bakeri
Pollen specialist on Phacelia
on scorpionweeds
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Anthidium palmarum
Pollen specialist on Phacelia
on scorpionweeds
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Dufourea trochantera
Pollen specialist on Phacelia
on scorpionweeds
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Bearded Nomadopsis
Calliopsis barbata
Pollen specialist on Phacelia
on scorpionweeds
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Anthidium mormonum
Pollen specialist on Phacelia
on scorpionweeds
Plant eaters All
1 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
64 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee
Bombus vosnesenskii
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Crotch's Bumble Bee
Bombus crotchii
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Pseudomasaris edwardsii
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Golden Northern Bumble Bee
Bombus fervidus
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California Bumble Bee
Bombus californicus
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Guinea Paper Wasp
Polistes exclamans
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Marine Blue
Leptotes marina
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Red-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus rufocinctus