What Garden Cosmos supports
147
native animals
supported in the US
5
caterpillars
15
food
127
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
5 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
15 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Black-footed Drone Fly
Eristalis hirta
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Large-tailed Aphideater
Eupeodes volucris
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Western Calligrapher
Toxomerus occidentalis
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Keeled Treehopper
Entylia carinata
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Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly
Eristalis stipator
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Common Loopwing Aphideater
Lapposyrphus lapponicus
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Forked Globetail
Sphaerophoria sulphuripes
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Black-chinned Hummingbird
Archilochus alexandri
Flower visitors All
127 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
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Ligated Furrow Bee
Halictus ligatus
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Oblique Streaktail
Allograpta obliqua
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Monarch
Danaus plexippus
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Tricolored Bumble Bee
Bombus ternarius
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Fiery Skipper
Hylephila phyleus
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Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee
Agapostemon virescens
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Squash Longhorn-Cuckoo
Triepeolus remigatus