What Creeping Thistle supports
418
native animals
supported in the US
19
caterpillars
4
hosts
32
food
363
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
19 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
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American Lady
Vanessa virginiensis
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Small Engrailed
Ectropis crepuscularia
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Mylitta Crescent
Phyciodes mylitta
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Grey Pug Moth
Eupithecia subfuscata
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Ruby Tiger Moth
Phragmatobia fuliginosa
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Garden Tiger
Arctia caja
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Satyr Pug Moth
Eupithecia satyrata
Hosted animals All
4 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
32 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Keeled Treehopper
Entylia carinata
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American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis
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Black Bean Aphid
Aphis fabae
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Large Thistle Aphid
Uroleucon cirsii
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Eurasian Jackdaw
Coloeus monedula
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Four-banded Stink Bug Wasp
Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus
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Thistle Aphid
Capitophorus elaeagni
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Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Flower visitors All
363 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Tripartite Sweat Bee
Halictus tripartitus
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
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Monarch
Danaus plexippus
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Margined Leatherwing Beetle
Chauliognathus marginatus
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Hunt's Bumble Bee
Bombus huntii
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
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Perplexing Bumble Bee
Bombus perplexus
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Great Spangled Fritillary
Argynnis cybele