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  4. Dicots
  5. Carrots, Ivies, and Allies
  6. Carrot Family
  7. Sweet Fennel
  8. Fennel
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What Fennel supports

206 native animals
supported in the US
5 caterpillars 38 food 163 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

  • Anise Swallowtail Papilio zelicaon
  • Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes
  • Old World Swallowtail Papilio machaon
  • Purple Carrot-seed Moth Depressaria depressana
  • Texana Clearwing Moth Carmenta texana

Plant eaters All

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

  • Large-tailed Aphideater Eupeodes volucris
  • Western Red-tailed Spider Wasp Tachypompilus unicolor
  • Perennial Mason Wasp Parancistrocerus perennis
  • Western Paper Wasp Mischocyttarus flavitarsis
  • Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
  • Common Raven Corvus corax
  • Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
  • Redpoll Acanthis flammea
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Flower visitors All

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

  • Western Yellowjacket Vespula pensylvanica
  • Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp Sceliphron caementarium
  • Golden Paper Wasp Polistes aurifer
  • Fraternal Potter Wasp Eumenes fraternus
  • Common Aerial Yellowjacket Dolichovespula arenaria
  • Convergent Lady Beetle Hippodamia convergens
  • Great Golden Digger Wasp Sphex ichneumoneus
  • Northern Paper Wasp Polistes fuscatus
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