What Lesser Burdock supports
143
native animals
supported in the US
11
caterpillars
2
hosts
11
food
119
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
11 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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American Lady
Vanessa virginiensis
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Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
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Thistle Stem Borer Moth
Papaipema arctivorens
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Isabella Tiger Moth
Pyrrharctia isabella
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Common Looper Moth
Autographa precationis
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Spotted Apatelodes Moth
Apatelodes torrefacta
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Artichoke Plume Moth
Platyptilia carduidactylus
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Burdock Stem Borer Moth
Papaipema cataphracta
Hosted animals All
2 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
11 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Black Bean Aphid
Aphis fabae
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Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
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Common Raven
Corvus corax
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Eurasian Jackdaw
Coloeus monedula
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Redpoll
Acanthis flammea
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Thistle Aphid
Capitophorus elaeagni
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Scenopinus
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Stylogaster neglecta
Flower visitors All
119 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
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Monarch
Danaus plexippus
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Zabulon Skipper
Lon zabulon
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Great Spangled Fritillary
Argynnis cybele
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Half-black Bumble Bee
Bombus vagans
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
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Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee
Agapostemon virescens
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Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Bombus bimaculatus