Flower visitors on Franciscan Thistle

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

Monarch Danaus plexippus 101 records on plume thistles
Brown-belted Bumble Bee Bombus griseocollis 92 records on plume thistles
Yellow-faced Bumble Bee Bombus vosnesenskii 40 records on plume thistles
Umber Skipper Lon melane 39 records on plume thistles
Woodland Skipper Ochlodes sylvanoides 36 records on plume thistles
Pale Swallowtail Papilio eurymedon 33 records on plume thistles
Western Tiger Swallowtail Papilio rutulus 28 records on plume thistles
Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee Bombus flavifrons 27 records on plume thistles
Urbane Digger Bee Anthophora urbana 24 records on plume thistles
California Bumble Bee Bombus californicus 23 records on plume thistles
Black-tailed Bumble Bee Bombus melanopygus 22 records on plume thistles
Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor 20 records on plume thistles
Coronis Fritillary Argynnis coronis 20 records on plume thistles
Tripartite Sweat Bee Halictus tripartitus 18 records on plume thistles
Anise Swallowtail Papilio zelicaon 16 records on plume thistles
Hunt's Bumble Bee Bombus huntii 16 records on plume thistles
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta 14 records on plume thistles
White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineata 14 records on plume thistles
Ligated Furrow Bee Halictus ligatus 13 records on plume thistles
Two-tailed Swallowtail Papilio multicaudata 12 records on plume thistles
California Dogface Zerene eurydice 10 records on plume thistles
American Branded Skipper Hesperia colorado 9 records on plume thistles
Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme 8 records on plume thistles
Spotted Cucumber Beetle Diabrotica undecimpunctata 8 records on plume thistles
Western Leafcutter Bee Megachile perihirta 8 records on plume thistles
Western Bumble Bee Bombus occidentalis 8 records on plume thistles
Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus 7 records on plume thistles
Morrison's Bumble Bee Bombus morrisoni 7 records on plume thistles
Silver-spotted Skipper Epargyreus clarus 6 records on plume thistles
Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus 6 records on plume thistles
Mournful Duskywing Erynnis tristis 6 records on plume thistles
Nevada Bumble Bee Bombus nevadensis 6 records on plume thistles
Western Carpenter Bee Xylocopa californica 6 records on plume thistles
Sara Orangetip Anthocharis sara 6 records on plume thistles
Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna 4 records on plume thistles
Common Wood-Nymph Cercyonis pegala 4 records on plume thistles
Sonoran Bumble Bee Bombus sonorus 4 records on plume thistles
Orange-legged Furrow Bee Halictus rubicundus 4 records on plume thistles
Northern Checkerspot Chlosyne palla 4 records on plume thistles
Peridot Sweat Bee Augochlorella pomoniella 4 records on plume thistles
Bumblebee-like Digger Bee Anthophora bomboides 4 records on plume thistles
Fog-belt Bumble Bee Bombus caliginosus 4 records on plume thistles
Checkered White Pontia protodice 3 records on plume thistles
Red-belted Bumble Bee Bombus rufocinctus 3 records on plume thistles
Western Yellowjacket Vespula pensylvanica 3 records on plume thistles
Acmon Blue Icaricia acmon 3 records on plume thistles
Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee Bombus mixtus 3 records on plume thistles
Vancouver Bumble Bee Bombus vancouverensis 3 records on plume thistles
Common Flower Fly Syrphus ribesii 3 records on plume thistles
Purplish Copper Tharsalea helloides 3 records on plume thistles
Rural Skipper Ochlodes agricola 3 records on plume thistles
Field Skipper Atalopedes campestris 3 records on plume thistles
Silver-tailed Petalcutter Megachile montivaga 3 records on plume thistles
Convergent Lady Beetle Hippodamia convergens 2 records on plume thistles
Dun Skipper Euphyes vestris 2 records on plume thistles
Golden Dung Fly Scathophaga stercoraria 2 records on plume thistles
Common Aerial Yellowjacket Dolichovespula arenaria 2 records on plume thistles
West Coast Lady Vanessa annabella 2 records on plume thistles
Funereal Duskywing Erynnis funeralis 2 records on plume thistles
Milbert's Tortoiseshell Aglais milberti 2 records on plume thistles
Variable Duskyface Fly Melanostoma mellinum 2 records on plume thistles
Banded Thintail Meliscaeva cinctella 2 records on plume thistles
Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble Bee Bombus flavidus 2 records on plume thistles
Sandhill Skipper Polites sabuleti 2 records on plume thistles
Northern White-Skipper Heliopetes ericetorum 2 records on plume thistles
Van Dyke's Bumble Bee Bombus vandykei 2 records on plume thistles
Bindweed Turret Bee Diadasia bituberculata Pollen specialist on Calystegia and Convolvulus 2 records on plume thistles
Northern Rotund-Resin Bee Anthidiellum notatum 2 records on plume thistles
Pseudomasaris vespoides 2 records on plume thistles
Mesilla Masked Bee Hylaeus mesillae 2 records on plume thistles
Oval-headed Sweat Bee Lasioglossum ovaliceps 2 records on plume thistles