What Water Ragwort supports

71 native animals
supported in the US

9 caterpillars 12 bees 9 food 41 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

• Northwestern Umbel Borer Moth Papaipema insulidens
• Gem Moth Orthonama obstipata on groundsels
• American Sunflower Moth Homoeosoma electella on groundsels
• American Lady Vanessa virginiensis on groundsels
• Satyr Pug Moth Eupithecia satyrata on groundsels
• Red Carpet Xanthorhoe decoloraria on groundsels
• Salt Marsh Moth Estigmene acrea on groundsels
• Cabbage Looper Moth Trichoplusia ni on groundsels

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Specialist bees All

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

• Parallel Leafcutter Bee Megachile parallela Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Solidago, Helianthus and 26 more on groundsels
• Horn-faced Leafcutter Bee Megachile fidelis Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 20 more on groundsels
• Small Long-horned Bee Melissodes microstictus Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Symphyotrichum and 14 more on groundsels
• Colorado Mason Osmia coloradensis Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 3 more on groundsels
• Osmia montana Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 10 more on groundsels
• Dark-faced Longhorn Bee Melissodes tristis Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 17 more on groundsels
• Melissodes pallidisignatus Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Symphyotrichum, Solidago and 7 more on groundsels
• Big-cheeked Angled-Mason Ashmeadiella bucconis Pollen specialist on Solidago, Erigeron, Helianthus and 23 more on groundsels

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Plant eaters All

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

• Redpoll Acanthis flammea on groundsels
• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos on groundsels
• Common Raven Corvus corax on groundsels
• Brown Bear Ursus arctos on groundsels
• Common Grass Skimmer Paragus haemorrhous on groundsels
• Plum-thistle Aphid Brachycaudus cardui on groundsels
• Black-footed Globetail Sphaerophoria philanthus on groundsels
• Western Flower Thrips Frankliniella occidentalis on groundsels

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Flower visitors All

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

• Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee Bombus bifarius
• Boisduval's Blue Icaricia icarioides
• Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee Bombus insularis
• Ruddy Copper Tharsalea rubidus
• Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee Bombus mixtus on groundsels
• Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble Bee Bombus flavidus on groundsels
• Acmaeodera idahoensis on groundsels
• Tiny Small Carpenter Ceratina nanula on groundsels

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