What Field Thistle supports
197
native animals
supported in the US
22
caterpillars
9
bees
1
hosts
17
food
148
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
22 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
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Common Looper Moth
Autographa precationis
on plume thistles
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American Lady
Vanessa virginiensis
on plume thistles
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Ailanthus Webworm Moth
Atteva aurea
on plume thistles
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Parthenice Tiger Moth
Apantesis parthenice
on plume thistles
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Olive Angle Shades
Phlogophora iris
on plume thistles
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Artichoke Plume Moth
Platyptilia carduidactylus
on plume thistles
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Little Metalmark
Calephelis virginiensis
on plume thistles
Specialist bees All
9 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Oblique Longhorn Bee
Epimelissodes obliquus
Pollen specialist on Cirsium, Helianthus, Rudbeckia and 4 more
on plume thistles
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Eastern Thistle Longhorn Bee
Melissodes desponsus
Pollen specialist on Cirsium
on plume thistles
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Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee
Megachile pugnata
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Helianthus and 3 more
on plume thistles
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Osmia chalybea
Pollen specialist on Cirsium
on plume thistles
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Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee
Megachile inimica
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Erigeron, Cirsium and 10 more
on plume thistles
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Valiant Long-horned Bee
Melissodes illatus
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 18 more
on plume thistles
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Agile Longhorn Bee
Melissodes agilis
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Cirsium, Helianthus and 5 more
on plume thistles
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Vigorous Long-Horned Bee
Melissodes subillatus
Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Cirsium, Coreopsis and 2 more
on plume thistles
Hosted animals All
1 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
17 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Common Green June Beetle
Cotinis nitida
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Obscure Bird Grasshopper
Schistocerca obscura
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Nysson aequalis
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American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis
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Black Bean Aphid
Aphis fabae
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Kern's Flower Scarab
Euphoria kernii
on plume thistles
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Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
on plume thistles
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Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus
on plume thistles
Flower visitors All
148 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
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American Bumble Bee
Bombus pensylvanicus
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
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Golden Northern Bumble Bee
Bombus fervidus
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Black-and-gold Bumble Bee
Bombus auricomus
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucus
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Great Spangled Fritillary
Argynnis cybele
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Monarch
Danaus plexippus