What Lonestar Gumweed supports
40
native animals
supported in the US
3
caterpillars
6
bees
1
hosts
6
food
24
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
3 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
Specialist bees All
6 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Oblique Longhorn Bee
Epimelissodes obliquus
Pollen specialist on Cirsium, Helianthus, Rudbeckia and 4 more
on gumplants
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Parallel Leafcutter Bee
Megachile parallela
Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Solidago, Helianthus and 26 more
on gumplants
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Curved Pebble Bee
Dianthidium curvatum
Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Coreopsis, Grindelia and 1 more
on gumplants
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Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee
Megachile inimica
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Erigeron, Cirsium and 10 more
on gumplants
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Nevada Nomia
Dieunomia nevadensis
Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Heterotheca, Baccharis and 9 more
on gumplants
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Agile Longhorn Bee
Melissodes agilis
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Cirsium, Helianthus and 5 more
on gumplants
Hosted animals All
1 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
6 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Spotted Cucumber Beetle
Diabrotica undecimpunctata
on gumplants
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Pissonotus delicatus
on gumplants
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Convergent Lady Beetle Hippodamia convergens on gumplants
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Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly
Eristalis stipator
on gumplants
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Snakeweed Grasshopper
Hesperotettix viridis
on gumplants
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Driotura gammaroides
on gumplants
Flower visitors All
24 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Ligated Furrow Bee
Halictus ligatus
on gumplants
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Texas Striped Sweat Bee
Agapostemon texanus
on gumplants
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Fiery Skipper
Hylephila phyleus
on gumplants
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Tripartite Sweat Bee
Halictus tripartitus
on gumplants
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Sunflower Chimney Bee
Diadasia enavata
Pollen specialist on Helianthus
on gumplants
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Common Checkered-Skipper
Burnsius communis
on gumplants
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Pearl Crescent
Phyciodes tharos
on gumplants
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Checkered White
Pontia protodice
on gumplants