What Saguaro supports

26 native animals
supported in the US

2 caterpillars 4 food 20 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

• Blue Cactus Borer Cactobrosis fernaldialis
• Staghorn Cholla Moth Euscirrhopterus cosyra on Carnegiea

Plant eaters All

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

• White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
• Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis
• Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii
• Mexican Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris nivalis

Flower visitors All

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

• Lesser Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris yerbabuenae
• Sonoran Bumble Bee Bombus sonorus
• Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
• Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
• Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
• Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
• Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
• Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri

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