What Desert Sage supports
94
native animals
supported in the US
1
bees
2
hosts
8
food
83
flowers
supported in the US
Specialist bees All
1 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
Hosted animals All
2 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
8 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Large-tailed Aphideater
Eupeodes volucris
on sages
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Western Aphideater
Eupeodes fumipennis
on sages
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White-bowed Smoothwing
Scaeva affinis
on sages
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Orange-crowned Warbler
Leiothlypis celata
on sages
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Bushtit
Psaltriparus minimus
on sages
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Hooded Oriole
Icterus cucullatus
on sages
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Western Yellowjacket
Vespula pensylvanica
on sages
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Variable Duskyface Fly
Melanostoma mellinum
on sages
Flower visitors All
83 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Horse-fly Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa tabaniformis
on sages
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Anna's Hummingbird
Calypte anna
on sages
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Valley Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa sonorina
on sages
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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee
Bombus vosnesenskii
on sages
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Black-tailed Bumble Bee
Bombus melanopygus
on sages
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Fiery Skipper
Hylephila phyleus
on sages
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Monarch
Danaus plexippus
on sages
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Sonoran Bumble Bee
Bombus sonorus
on sages