What Western Buttercup supports
91
native animals
supported in the US
1
bees
2
hosts
16
food
72
flowers
supported in the US
Specialist bees All
1 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
Hosted animals All
2 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
16 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
on buttercups
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Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalis
on buttercups
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American Wigeon
Mareca americana
on buttercups
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American Winter Ant
Prenolepis imparis
on buttercups
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Ruffed Grouse
Bonasa umbellus
on buttercups
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Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicus
on buttercups
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White-tailed Ptarmigan
Lagopus leucura
on buttercups
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Western Forest Sedgesitter
Platycheirus trichopus
on buttercups
Flower visitors All
72 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Variable Duskyface Fly
Melanostoma mellinum
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Western Calligrapher
Toxomerus occidentalis
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Greater Bee Fly
Bombylius major
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Orange-legged Furrow Bee
Halictus rubicundus
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Cresson's Sweat Bee
Lasioglossum cressonii
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Blue Orchard Bee
Osmia lignaria
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Golden-haired Miner Bee Andrena auricoma
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Broad-banded Aphideater
Eupeodes latifasciatus