What Showy Sunflower supports
110
native animals
supported in the US
19
caterpillars
15
bees
1
hosts
23
food
52
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
19 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
-
Salt Marsh Moth
Estigmene acrea
on sunflowers
-
Virginian Tiger Moth
Spilosoma virginica
on sunflowers
-
Bordered Patch
Chlosyne lacinia
on sunflowers
-
American Lady
Vanessa virginiensis
on sunflowers
-
California Patch
Chlosyne californica
on sunflowers
-
Isabella Tiger Moth
Pyrrharctia isabella
on sunflowers
-
Setaceous Hebrew Character
Xestia c-nigrum
on sunflowers
-
Fall Webworm Moth
Hyphantria cunea
on sunflowers
Specialist bees All
15 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
-
Oblique Longhorn Bee
Epimelissodes obliquus
Pollen specialist on Cirsium, Helianthus, Rudbeckia and 4 more
on sunflowers
-
Parallel Leafcutter Bee
Megachile parallela
Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Solidago, Helianthus and 26 more
on sunflowers
-
Sunflower Chimney Bee
Diadasia enavata
Pollen specialist on Helianthus
on sunflowers
-
Curved Pebble Bee
Dianthidium curvatum
Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Coreopsis, Grindelia and 1 more
on sunflowers
-
Horn-faced Leafcutter Bee
Megachile fidelis
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 20 more
on sunflowers
-
Small Long-horned Bee
Melissodes microstictus
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Symphyotrichum and 14 more
on sunflowers
-
Nevada Nomia
Dieunomia nevadensis
Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Heterotheca, Baccharis and 9 more
on sunflowers
-
Short Sun-digger Bee
Anthophora curta
Pollen specialist on Ericameria, Deinandra, Solidago and 17 more
on sunflowers
Hosted animals All
1 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
23 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
-
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
on sunflowers
-
American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis
on sunflowers
-
Brown-headed Cowbird
Molothrus ater
on sunflowers
-
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
on sunflowers
-
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
on sunflowers
-
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
on sunflowers
-
Lesser Goldfinch
Spinus psaltria
on sunflowers
-
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
on sunflowers
Flower visitors All
52 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
-
White Checkered-Skipper
Burnsius albezens
-
Ligated Furrow Bee
Halictus ligatus
on sunflowers
-
Monarch
Danaus plexippus
on sunflowers
-
Sonoran Bumble Bee
Bombus sonorus
on sunflowers
-
Spotted Cucumber Beetle
Diabrotica undecimpunctata
on sunflowers
-
Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
on sunflowers
-
Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle
Psyllobora vigintimaculata
on sunflowers
-
Margined Calligrapher
Toxomerus marginatus
on sunflowers