What American Pumpkin supports
95
native animals
supported in the US
9
caterpillars
1
hosts
16
food
69
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
9 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Cucumber Moth
Diaphania indica
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Ipsilon Dart Moth
Agrotis ipsilon
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Squash Vine Borer
Eichlinia cucurbitae
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Virginian Tiger Moth
Spilosoma virginica
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Corn Earworm Moth
Helicoverpa zea
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Cotton Tipworm Moth
Crocidosema plebejana
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Fire-flag Plume Moth Sphenarches anisodactylus
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Clandestine Dart
Spaelotis clandestina
Hosted animals All
1 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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Potato Aphid
Macrosiphum euphorbiae
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Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
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Eastern Fox Squirrel
Sciurus niger
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Black Bean Aphid
Aphis fabae
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Eastern Gray Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
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Common Raccoon
Procyon lotor
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Brown Bear
Ursus arctos
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Arctic Field Slug
Deroceras agreste
Flower visitors All
69 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
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Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle
Psyllobora vigintimaculata
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Two-spotted Longhorn Bee
Melissodes bimaculatus
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Striped Cucumber Beetle
Acalymma vittatum
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Pruinose Squash Bee
Xenoglossa pruinosa
Pollen specialist on Cucurbita
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Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee
Agapostemon virescens
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Nimble Squash Bee
Xenoglossa strenua
Pollen specialist on Cucurbita
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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee
Bombus vosnesenskii