What Horseweed supports

359 native animals
supported in the US

22 caterpillars 20 bees 5 hosts 28 food 284 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

Specialist bees All

20 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.

Carpenter-mimic Leafcutter Bee Megachile xylocopoides Pollen specialist on Solidago, Helianthus, Coreopsis and 3 more on fleabanes and horseweeds
Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee Megachile pugnata Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Helianthus and 3 more on fleabanes and horseweeds
Sunflower Burrowing-Resin Bee Paranthidium jugatorium Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Helianthus, Heterotheca and 6 more on fleabanes and horseweeds
Horn-faced Leafcutter Bee Megachile fidelis Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 20 more on fleabanes and horseweeds
Small Long-horned Bee Melissodes microstictus Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Symphyotrichum and 14 more on fleabanes and horseweeds
Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee Megachile inimica Pollen specialist on Solidago, Erigeron, Cirsium and 10 more on fleabanes and horseweeds
Variable Pebble Bee Dianthidium subparvum Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Solidago, Grindelia and 12 more on fleabanes and horseweeds
Valiant Long-horned Bee Melissodes illatus Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 18 more on fleabanes and horseweeds

Hosted animals All

5 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.

Plant eaters All

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

Flower visitors All

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