What Arrowweed supports

48 native animals
supported in the US

2 caterpillars 5 food 41 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

• Schinia intrabilis
• Hairy Dichomeris Moth Dichomeris setosella on marsh fleabanes

Plant eaters All

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

• Alconeura unipuncta
• Neocoelidia pallida
• Purple Bromeliad Fly Copestylum violaceum
• Common Thread-waisted Wasp Ammophila procera on marsh fleabanes
• Noble Scoliid Wasp Scolia nobilitata on marsh fleabanes

Flower visitors All

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

• Queen Danaus gilippus
• Checkered White Pontia protodice
• Monarch Danaus plexippus
• Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia
• Marine Blue Leptotes marina
• Yuma Skipper Ochlodes yuma
• Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis
• Ligated Furrow Bee Halictus ligatus

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