What Stiff-hair Sunflower supports
270
native animals
supported in the US
54
caterpillars
43
bees
4
hosts
40
food
128
flowers
1
shelter
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
54 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Indented Dichomeris Moth
Dichomeris inserrata
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Dichomeris vindex
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Salt Marsh Moth
Estigmene acrea
on sunflowers
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Virginian Tiger Moth
Spilosoma virginica
on sunflowers
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Bordered Patch
Chlosyne lacinia
on sunflowers
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Silvery Checkerspot
Chlosyne nycteis
on sunflowers
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Common Looper Moth
Autographa precationis
on sunflowers
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American Lady
Vanessa virginiensis
on sunflowers
Specialist bees All
43 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Carpenter-mimic Leafcutter Bee
Megachile xylocopoides
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Helianthus, Coreopsis and 3 more
on sunflowers
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Oblique Longhorn Bee
Epimelissodes obliquus
Pollen specialist on Cirsium, Helianthus, Rudbeckia and 4 more
on sunflowers
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Dark-veined Longhorn Bee
Melissodes trinodis
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 6 more
on sunflowers
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Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee
Megachile pugnata
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Helianthus and 3 more
on sunflowers
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Drury's Long-horned Bee
Melissodes druriellus
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 5 more
on sunflowers
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Denticulate Longhorn Bee
Melissodes denticulatus
Pollen specialist on Helianthus and Vernonia
on sunflowers
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Parallel Leafcutter Bee
Megachile parallela
Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Solidago, Helianthus and 26 more
on sunflowers
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Sunflower Chimney Bee
Diadasia enavata
Pollen specialist on Helianthus
on sunflowers
Hosted animals All
4 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
40 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
on sunflowers
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American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis
on sunflowers
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Eastern Fox Squirrel
Sciurus niger
on sunflowers
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Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula
on sunflowers
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Brown-headed Cowbird
Molothrus ater
on sunflowers
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Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
on sunflowers
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Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
on sunflowers
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White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
on sunflowers
Flower visitors All
128 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Huron Skipper
Atalopedes huron
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Fiery Skipper
Hylephila phyleus
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Silver-spotted Skipper
Epargyreus clarus
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American Bumble Bee
Bombus pensylvanicus
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Wide-footed Treehopper
Enchenopa latipes
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Flat-headed Baldcypress Sapwood Beetle
Acmaeodera pulchella
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Eastern Black-headed Nemognatha
Nemognatha nemorensis
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Cyrtolobus tuberosus
Sheltered animals All
1 native animals that nest or roost in it, most recorded first.