What Rubber Rabbitbrush supports
352
native animals
supported in the US
7
caterpillars
22
bees
12
hosts
22
food
289
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
7 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
Specialist bees All
22 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Parallel Leafcutter Bee
Megachile parallela
Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Solidago, Helianthus and 26 more
on goldenbushes
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Horn-faced Leafcutter Bee
Megachile fidelis
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 20 more
on goldenbushes
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Small Long-horned Bee
Melissodes microstictus
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Symphyotrichum and 14 more
on goldenbushes
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Short Sun-digger Bee
Anthophora curta
Pollen specialist on Ericameria, Deinandra, Solidago and 17 more
on goldenbushes
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Osmia montana
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 10 more
on goldenbushes
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Dark-faced Longhorn Bee
Melissodes tristis
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 17 more
on goldenbushes
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Melissodes bimatris
Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Cirsium, Ericameria and 7 more
on goldenbushes
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Perdita nuda
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Solidago, Ericameria and 3 more
on goldenbushes
Hosted animals All
12 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
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Cotton-gall Tephritid
Aciurina bigeloviae
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Bubble-gall Tephritid
Aciurina trixa
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Rhopalomyia chrysothamni
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Cotton-gall Midge
Rhopalomyia utahensis
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Rhopalomyia glutinosa
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Rosette Bud Gall Midge
Rhopalomyia ericameriae
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Goldenbush Bud Gall Midge
Prodiplosis falcata
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Procecidochares minuta
Plant eaters All
22 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Margined Calligrapher
Toxomerus marginatus
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American Sand Wasp
Bembix americana
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Philanthus multimaculatus
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Flat-collared Beewolf
Philanthus ventilabris
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Clastoptera delicata
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Spotted Cucumber Beetle
Diabrotica undecimpunctata
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Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp
Sceliphron caementarium
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Uhler's Stink Bug
Chlorochroa uhleri
Flower visitors All
289 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Melissodes lustrus
Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum and Isocoma
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Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
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Hunt's Bumble Bee
Bombus huntii
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Ligated Furrow Bee
Halictus ligatus
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Orange Sulphur
Colias eurytheme
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Monarch
Danaus plexippus
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Coronis Fritillary
Argynnis coronis
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Anthophora peritomae