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  8. Spotted Lady's Thumb
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What Spotted Lady's Thumb supports

71 native animals
supported in the US
5 caterpillars 1 hosts 21 food 44 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

  • Isabella Tiger Moth Pyrrharctia isabella
  • Gem Moth Orthonama obstipata
  • Ruby Tiger Moth Phragmatobia fuliginosa
  • Ipsilon Dart Moth Agrotis ipsilon
  • Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum

Hosted animals All

1 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.

  • Redshank Mandrel Ametastegia equiseti

Plant eaters All

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

  • Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
  • Common Raven Corvus corax
  • Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
  • Redpoll Acanthis flammea
  • Polygonum Aphid Capitophorus hippophaes
  • Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
  • Waterlily Aphid Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae
  • Black Bean Aphid Aphis fabae
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Flower visitors All

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

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens
  • Common Flower Fly Syrphus ribesii
  • Common Grass Skimmer Paragus haemorrhous
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee Bombus griseocollis
  • Margined Calligrapher Toxomerus marginatus
  • Yellow-faced Bumble Bee Bombus vosnesenskii
  • Eastern Yellowjacket Vespula maculifrons
  • Bellflower Resin Bee Megachile campanulae Pollen specialist on Campanula and Campanulastrum
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