What Wild Teasel supports

103 native animals
supported in the US

3 caterpillars 7 food 93 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

• Ailanthus Webworm Moth Atteva aurea
• Thistle Stem Borer Moth Papaipema arctivorens
• Fall Webworm Moth Hyphantria cunea

Plant eaters All

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

• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
• Common Raven Corvus corax
• Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
• Redpoll Acanthis flammea
• Black Bean Aphid Aphis fabae
• American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
• Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris

Flower visitors All

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

• Silver-spotted Skipper Epargyreus clarus
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus
• Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens
• Brown-belted Bumble Bee Bombus griseocollis
• Monarch Danaus plexippus
• California Dogface Zerene eurydice
• Hunt's Bumble Bee Bombus huntii
• Yellow-faced Bumble Bee Bombus vosnesenskii

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