What Engelmann's Pricklypear supports
83
native animals
supported in the US
9
caterpillars
7
bees
2
hosts
15
food
50
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
9 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Staghorn Cholla Moth Euscirrhopterus cosyra
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Desert Bantam
Pseudoschinia elautalis
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Opuntia Leaf Miner
Marmara opuntiella
on prickly pears
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Julia's Dicymolomia Moth
Dicymolomia julianalis
on prickly pears
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Scale-feeding Snout
Laetilia coccidivora
on prickly pears
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Loxomorpha flavidissimalis
on prickly pears
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Blue Cactus Borer
Melitara dentata
on prickly pears
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Blue Cactus Borer
Cactobrosis fernaldialis
on prickly pears
Specialist bees All
7 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Orange-tipped Woodborer
Lithurgopsis apicalis
Pollen specialist on Opuntia, Cylindropuntia, Ferocactus and 1 more
on prickly pears
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Diadasia australis
Pollen specialist on Cylindropuntia, Opuntia, Ferocactus and 1 more
on prickly pears
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Cactus Bee
Diadasia rinconis
Pollen specialist on Opuntia, Cylindropuntia and Ferocactus
on prickly pears
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Lithurgopsis littoralis
Pollen specialist on Opuntia, Cylindropuntia, Ferocactus and 1 more
on prickly pears
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Barrel Cactus Woodborer
Lithurgopsis echinocacti
Pollen specialist on Opuntia, Cylindropuntia, Ferocactus and 1 more
on prickly pears
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Prickly-pear Angled-Mason
Ashmeadiella opuntiae
Pollen specialist on Cylindropuntia, Opuntia, Ferocactus and 1 more
on prickly pears
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Diadasia opuntiae
Pollen specialist on Opuntia
on prickly pears
Hosted animals All
2 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
15 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Cactus Coreid Bug
Chelinidea vittiger
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House Finch
Haemorhous mexicanus
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Leaf-footed Cactus Bug
Narnia femorata
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Curve-billed Thrasher
Toxostoma curvirostre
on prickly pears
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White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiatica
on prickly pears
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Shortfin Mako
Isurus oxyrinchus
on prickly pears
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Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
on prickly pears
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Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
on prickly pears
Flower visitors All
50 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Broad-billed Hummingbird
Cynanthus latirostris
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American Bumble Bee
Bombus pensylvanicus
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Costa's Hummingbird
Calypte costae
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Tripartite Sweat Bee
Halictus tripartitus
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Western Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa californica
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Peridot Sweat Bee
Augochlorella pomoniella
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Common Longhorn Bee
Melissodes communis
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Globe Mallow Bee
Diadasia diminuta
Pollen specialist on Sphaeralcea and Sidalcea