What Wavyleaf Thistle supports
227
native animals
supported in the US
21
caterpillars
23
bees
3
hosts
18
food
162
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
21 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
on plume thistles
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Mylitta Crescent
Phyciodes mylitta
on plume thistles
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Common Looper Moth
Autographa precationis
on plume thistles
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Pale Crescent
Phyciodes pallida
on plume thistles
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American Lady
Vanessa virginiensis
on plume thistles
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Ailanthus Webworm Moth
Atteva aurea
on plume thistles
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Parthenice Tiger Moth
Apantesis parthenice
on plume thistles
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Olive Angle Shades
Phlogophora iris
on plume thistles
Specialist bees All
23 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Oblique Longhorn Bee
Epimelissodes obliquus
Pollen specialist on Cirsium, Helianthus, Rudbeckia and 4 more
on plume thistles
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Eastern Thistle Longhorn Bee
Melissodes desponsus
Pollen specialist on Cirsium
on plume thistles
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Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee
Megachile pugnata
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Helianthus and 3 more
on plume thistles
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Horn-faced Leafcutter Bee
Megachile fidelis
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 20 more
on plume thistles
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Osmia chalybea
Pollen specialist on Cirsium
on plume thistles
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Small Long-horned Bee
Melissodes microstictus
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Symphyotrichum and 14 more
on plume thistles
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Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee
Megachile inimica
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Erigeron, Cirsium and 10 more
on plume thistles
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Colorado Mason
Osmia coloradensis
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 3 more
on plume thistles
Hosted animals All
3 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
18 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Bumble Flower Beetle
Euphoria inda
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Kern's Flower Scarab
Euphoria kernii
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Epicauta strigosa
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Black Bean Aphid
Aphis fabae
on plume thistles
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Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
on plume thistles
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American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis
on plume thistles
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Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus
on plume thistles
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Ladder-marked Longhorn Beetle
Bellamira scalaris
on plume thistles
Flower visitors All
162 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
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Golden Northern Bumble Bee
Bombus fervidus
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Nevada Bumble Bee
Bombus nevadensis
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American Bumble Bee
Bombus pensylvanicus
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Morrison's Bumble Bee
Bombus morrisoni
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Half-black Bumble Bee
Bombus vagans
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Northern Amber Bumble Bee
Bombus borealis