What Upright Prairie Coneflower supports
95
native animals
supported in the US
2
caterpillars
8
bees
8
food
77
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
2 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
Specialist bees All
8 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Dark-veined Longhorn Bee
Melissodes trinodis
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 6 more
on coneflowers
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Coneflower Mining Bee
Andrena rudbeckiae
Pollen specialist on Rudbeckia and Ratibida
on coneflowers
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Broad-banded Longhorn Bee
Epimelissodes petulcus
Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Coreopsis, Rudbeckia and 4 more
on coneflowers
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Valiant Long-horned Bee
Melissodes illatus
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 18 more
on coneflowers
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Agile Longhorn Bee
Melissodes agilis
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Cirsium, Helianthus and 5 more
on coneflowers
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Protandrena albitarsis
Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Coreopsis, Rudbeckia and 3 more
on coneflowers
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Dieunomia bolliana
Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Coreopsis, Helenium and 1 more
on coneflowers
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Melissodes wheeleri
Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Rudbeckia, Coreopsis and 9 more
on coneflowers
Plant eaters All
8 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Euodynerus annulatus
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Mexican Honey Wasp
Brachygastra mellifica
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Rainbow Grasshopper
Dactylotum bicolor
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Glaucus-legged Spur-throat Grasshopper
Melanoplus glaucipes
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Gladston's Spur-throat Grasshopper
Melanoplus gladstoni
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Melanoplus desultorius
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Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly
Eristalis stipator
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Noble Scoliid Wasp
Scolia nobilitata
Flower visitors All
77 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Ligated Furrow Bee
Halictus ligatus
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Reakirt's Blue
Echinargus isola
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Hidalgo Mason Wasp
Euodynerus hidalgo
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Calocoris barberi
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Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
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Eight-spotted Scoliid Wasp
Colpa octomaculata
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
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Tripartite Sweat Bee
Halictus tripartitus