What Common Sunflower supports

620 native animals
supported in the US

80 caterpillars 59 bees 5 hosts 99 food 374 flowers 3 shelter

Caterpillars All

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

Specialist bees All

59 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.

Carpenter-mimic Leafcutter Bee Megachile xylocopoides Pollen specialist on Solidago, Helianthus, Coreopsis and 3 more on sunflowers
Oblique Longhorn Bee Epimelissodes obliquus Pollen specialist on Cirsium, Helianthus, Rudbeckia and 4 more on sunflowers
Dark-veined Longhorn Bee Melissodes trinodis Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 6 more on sunflowers
Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee Megachile pugnata Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Helianthus and 3 more on sunflowers
Drury's Long-horned Bee Melissodes druriellus Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 5 more on sunflowers
Denticulate Longhorn Bee Melissodes denticulatus Pollen specialist on Helianthus and Vernonia on sunflowers
Parallel Leafcutter Bee Megachile parallela Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Solidago, Helianthus and 26 more on sunflowers
Sunflower Chimney Bee Diadasia enavata Pollen specialist on Helianthus on sunflowers

Hosted animals All

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

Plant eaters All

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

Flower visitors All

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

Sheltered animals All

3 native animals that nest or roost in it, most recorded first.