What Black-banded Rabbitbrush supports
86
native animals
supported in the US
4
caterpillars
12
bees
7
hosts
63
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
4 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
Specialist bees All
12 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 goldenbushes
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Horn-faced Leafcutter Bee
Megachile fidelis
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 20 more
on goldenbushes
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Small Long-horned Bee
Melissodes microstictus
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Symphyotrichum and 14 more
on goldenbushes
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Short Sun-digger Bee
Anthophora curta
Pollen specialist on Ericameria, Deinandra, Solidago and 17 more
on goldenbushes
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Osmia montana
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 10 more
on goldenbushes
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Dark-faced Longhorn Bee
Melissodes tristis
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 17 more
on goldenbushes
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Melissodes lupinus
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Ericameria, Symphyotrichum and 12 more
on goldenbushes
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Big-cheeked Angled-Mason
Ashmeadiella bucconis
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Erigeron, Helianthus and 23 more
on goldenbushes
Hosted animals All
7 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
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Asteromyia chrysothamni
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Cotton-gall Tephritid
Aciurina bigeloviae
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Cotton-gall Midge
Rhopalomyia utahensis
on goldenbushes
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Rosette Bud Gall Midge
Rhopalomyia ericameriae
on goldenbushes
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Bubble-gall Tephritid
Aciurina trixa
on goldenbushes
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Rhopalomyia chrysothamni
on goldenbushes
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Goldenbush Bud Gall Midge
Prodiplosis falcata
on goldenbushes
Flower visitors All
63 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Queen
Danaus gilippus
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Trupanea bisetosa
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Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
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Lytta vulnerata
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Monarch
Danaus plexippus
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Marine Blue
Leptotes marina
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Western Pygmy-Blue
Brephidium exilis
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California Bordered Plant Bug
Largus californicus