What Cup Plant supports
194
native animals
supported in the US
3
caterpillars
7
bees
11
food
173
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
3 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
Specialist bees All
7 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Sunflower Burrowing-Resin Bee
Paranthidium jugatorium
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Helianthus, Heterotheca and 6 more
on rosinweeds
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Giant Sweat Bee
Dieunomia heteropoda
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Helianthus, Coreopsis and 3 more
on rosinweeds
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Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee
Megachile inimica
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Erigeron, Cirsium and 10 more
on rosinweeds
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Valiant Long-horned Bee
Melissodes illatus
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 18 more
on rosinweeds
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Yellow-faced Miner Bee
Andrena aliciae
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 3 more
on rosinweeds
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Rugose Spurred-Miner
Protandrena rugosa
Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Bidens, Silphium and 2 more
on rosinweeds
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Melissodes wheeleri
Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Rudbeckia, Coreopsis and 9 more
on rosinweeds
Plant eaters All
11 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Keeled Treehopper
Entylia carinata
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Publilia reticulata
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American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis
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Northern Paper Wasp
Polistes fuscatus
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Red-banded Leafhopper
Graphocephala coccinea
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Common Green June Beetle
Cotinis nitida
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Polished Lady Beetle
Cycloneda munda
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Condylostylus comatus
Flower visitors All
173 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
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Hunt's Bumble Bee
Bombus huntii
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Rusty-patched Bumble Bee
Bombus affinis
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucus
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Monarch
Danaus plexippus
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American Bumble Bee
Bombus pensylvanicus
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Huron Skipper
Atalopedes huron