What Desert Broom supports
183
native animals
supported in the US
6
caterpillars
5
bees
3
hosts
28
food
140
flowers
1
shelter
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
6 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
Specialist bees All
5 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Parallel Leafcutter Bee
Megachile parallela
Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Solidago, Helianthus and 26 more
on baccharis
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Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee
Megachile inimica
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Erigeron, Cirsium and 10 more
on baccharis
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Nevada Nomia
Dieunomia nevadensis
Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Heterotheca, Baccharis and 9 more
on baccharis
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Dark-faced Longhorn Bee
Melissodes tristis
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 17 more
on baccharis
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Sabine Longhorn Bee
Epimelissodes sabinensis
Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Baccharis, Heterotheca and 8 more
on baccharis
Hosted animals All
3 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
28 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Hypsoprora nogolata
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Convergent Lady Beetle Hippodamia convergens
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Small Milkweed Bug
Lygaeus kalmii
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Orange-tailed Speckled Lanternfly
Poblicia thanatophana
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Gray Bird Grasshopper
Schistocerca nitens
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Yellow Paper Wasp
Polistes flavus
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Smoketree Sharpshooter
Homalodisca liturata
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Orange-necked Blister Beetle
Epicauta wheeleri
Flower visitors All
140 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Fiery Skipper
Hylephila phyleus
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Golden Paper Wasp
Polistes aurifer
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Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
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Queen
Danaus gilippus
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Acmaeodera bacchariphaga
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Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
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Ligated Furrow Bee
Halictus ligatus
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Figeater Beetle
Cotinis mutabilis
Sheltered animals All
1 native animals that nest or roost in it, most recorded first.