What David's Spurge supports
67
native animals
supported in the US
6
caterpillars
3
bees
17
food
41
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
6 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
Specialist bees All
3 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
17 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Hyaline Grass Bug
Liorhyssus hyalinus
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Common Grass Skimmer Paragus haemorrhous
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Ant Bug
Alydus calcaratus
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Anthocoris nemoralis
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Rose Grain Aphid
Metopolophium dirhodum
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Common Ground Dove
Columbina passerina
on spurges
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Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
on spurges
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Lesser Prairie-Chicken
Tympanuchus pallidicinctus
on spurges
Flower visitors All
41 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
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Golden Dung Fly
Scathophaga stercoraria
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Orange-bearded Bluebottle Fly
Calliphora vomitoria
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Muscid Fly
Helina evecta
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Euodynerus annulatus
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Seedcorn Maggot
Delia platura
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Tripartite Sweat Bee
Halictus tripartitus
on spurges
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Eastern Pine Elfin Callophrys niphon on spurges