What Willow Baccharis supports
75
native animals
supported in the US
5
caterpillars
7
bees
4
hosts
9
food
50
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
5 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
Specialist bees All
7 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Parallel Leafcutter Bee
Megachile parallela
Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Solidago, Helianthus and 26 more
on baccharis
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Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee
Megachile inimica
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Erigeron, Cirsium and 10 more
on baccharis
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Nevada Nomia
Dieunomia nevadensis
Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Heterotheca, Baccharis and 9 more
on baccharis
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Eight-spotted Fairy Bee
Perdita octomaculata
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Pityopsis and 4 more
on baccharis
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Dark-faced Longhorn Bee
Melissodes tristis
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 17 more
on baccharis
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Protandrena albitarsis
Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Coreopsis, Rudbeckia and 3 more
on baccharis
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Sabine Longhorn Bee
Epimelissodes sabinensis
Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Baccharis, Heterotheca and 8 more
on baccharis
Hosted animals All
4 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
9 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Exoprosopa caliptera
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Orange-tailed Speckled Lanternfly
Poblicia thanatophana
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Great Golden Digger Wasp
Sphex ichneumoneus
on baccharis
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Figeater Beetle
Cotinis mutabilis
on baccharis
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American Yellowjacket Vespula alascensis on baccharis
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Sphex lucae
on baccharis
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Citrus Cicada
Diceroprocta apache
on baccharis
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Van Duzee's Cicada
Tibicinoides vanduzeei
on baccharis
Flower visitors All
50 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Monarch
Danaus plexippus
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Plains Bee Assassin
Apiomerus spissipes
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Red Admiral
Vanessa atalanta
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Queen
Danaus gilippus
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American Snout
Libytheana carinenta
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Juniper Hairstreak
Callophrys gryneus
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Ruddy Daggerwing
Marpesia petreus
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Orange Skipperling
Oarisma aurantiaca