What Bull Thistle supports
280
native animals
supported in the US
11
caterpillars
3
hosts
24
food
242
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
11 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
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Pointed Groundling
Scrobipalpa acuminatella
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Mylitta Crescent
Phyciodes mylitta
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Rusty Tussock Moth
Orgyia antiqua
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Mottled Pyrausta Moth
Pyrausta subsequalis
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Artichoke Plume Moth
Platyptilia carduidactylus
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Sweet Clover Root Borer Moth Walshia miscecolorella
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California Crescent
Phyciodes orseis
Hosted animals All
3 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
24 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Keeled Treehopper
Entylia carinata
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American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis
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Lesser Goldfinch
Spinus psaltria
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Black Bean Aphid
Aphis fabae
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Eurasian Jackdaw
Coloeus monedula
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Plum-thistle Aphid
Brachycaudus cardui
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Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
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Common Raven
Corvus corax
Flower visitors All
242 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
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Eastern Thistle Longhorn Bee
Melissodes desponsus
Pollen specialist on Cirsium
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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee
Bombus vosnesenskii
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Monarch
Danaus plexippus
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Golden Northern Bumble Bee
Bombus fervidus
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Great Spangled Fritillary
Argynnis cybele
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Umber Skipper
Lon melane
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Western Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio rutulus