What Desert Agave supports

22 native animals
supported in the US

3 caterpillars 7 food 12 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

• California Giant-Skipper Agathymus stephensi
• Huachuca Giant-Skipper Agathymus evansi on century plants
• Arizona Giant-Skipper Agathymus aryxna on century plants

Plant eaters All

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

• Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna on century plants
• Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus on century plants
• Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum on century plants
• White-eared Hummingbird Basilinna leucotis on century plants
• Montezuma Quail Cyrtonyx montezumae on century plants
• Long-tongued Bat Choeronycteris mexicana on century plants
• Oleander Scale Aspidiotus nerii on century plants

Flower visitors All

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

• Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
• Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
• California Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica
• Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
• Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
• Tragidion agave
• Lesser Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris yerbabuenae on century plants
• Lucifer Hummingbird Calothorax lucifer on century plants

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