species 8,396 observations
Eastern Pricklypear
Opuntia cespitosa
Field notes
Supports All
43
native animals
supported in the US
supported in the US
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Caterpillars
Moths and butterflies raised on it
Opuntia Leaf Miner, Julia's Dicymolomia Moth, Scale-feeding Snout, Loxomorpha flavidissimalis
5
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Specialist bees
Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it
Southeastern Woodborer, Melissodes mitchelli
2
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Hosted animals
Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it
Ornate Yellow-marked Buprestid, Asphondylia betheli
2
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Plant eaters
Animals that feed on it
Cactus Coreid Bug, White-winged Dove, Shortfin Mako, Northern Mockingbird
9
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee, American Bumble Bee, Sonoran Bumble Bee, Kern's Flower Scarab
25
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided