What Plains Pricklypear supports
87
native animals
supported in the US
8
caterpillars
6
bees
1
hosts
10
food
61
flowers
1
shelter
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
8 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Blue Cactus Borer
Melitara dentata
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Opuntia Leaf Miner
Marmara opuntiella
on prickly pears
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Scale-feeding Snout
Laetilia coccidivora
on prickly pears
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Staghorn Cholla Moth Euscirrhopterus cosyra on prickly pears
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Desert Bantam
Pseudoschinia elautalis
on prickly pears
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Loxomorpha flavidissimalis
on prickly pears
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Blue Cactus Borer
Cactobrosis fernaldialis
on prickly pears
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Eastern Cactus-boring Moth
Melitara prodenialis
on prickly pears
Specialist bees All
6 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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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
1 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
10 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Curve-billed Thrasher
Toxostoma curvirostre
on prickly pears
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Cactus Coreid Bug
Chelinidea vittiger
on prickly pears
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White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiatica
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
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American Black Bear
Ursus americanus
on prickly pears
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Ornate Box Turtle
Terrapene ornata
on prickly pears
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Scott's Oriole
Icterus parisorum
on prickly pears
Flower visitors All
61 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Pacific Coast Small Carpenter
Ceratina pacifica
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Tiny Small Carpenter
Ceratina nanula
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Angeles Striped Sweat Bee
Agapostemon angelicus
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Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee
Agapostemon virescens
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Tripartite Sweat Bee
Halictus tripartitus
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Wide-striped Sweat Bee Halictus farinosus
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Lasioglossum albohirtum
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Urbane Digger Bee
Anthophora urbana
Sheltered animals All
1 native animals that nest or roost in it, most recorded first.