species 2,366 observations
Texas Blue Pricklypear
Opuntia cacanapa
Field notes
Opuntia cacanapa is a cactus in the genus Opuntia. In the United States, it is found primarily in the southern Trans-Pecos and the South Texas Plains from Brewster, Pecos, and Uvalde Counties south to Cameron County. It also occurs in nearby Mexico from the Rio Grande to as far south as Guanajuato and northern Hidalgo.
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native animals
supported in the US
supported in the US
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Caterpillars
Moths and butterflies raised on it
Opuntia Leaf Miner, Julia's Dicymolomia Moth, Scale-feeding Snout, Staghorn Cholla Moth
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Specialist bees
Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it
Orange-tipped Woodborer, Cactus Bee, Lithurgopsis littoralis, Barrel Cactus Woodborer
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Hosted animals
Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it
Ornate Yellow-marked Buprestid, Asphondylia betheli
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Plant eaters
Animals that feed on it
Curve-billed Thrasher, Cactus Coreid Bug, White-winged Dove, Northern Mockingbird
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors
American Bumble Bee, Sonoran Bumble Bee, Kern's Flower Scarab, Tripartite Sweat Bee
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Shrubs
From USDA PLANTS.