What Aspen Fleabane supports
225
native animals
supported in the US
11
caterpillars
17
bees
2
hosts
3
food
192
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
11 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Northern Checkerspot
Chlosyne palla
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Wavy-lined Emerald
Synchlora aerata
on fleabanes and horseweeds
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Parectopa plantaginisella
on fleabanes and horseweeds
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Sierra Nevada Checkerspot
Chlosyne whitneyi
on fleabanes and horseweeds
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Pearl Crescent
Phyciodes tharos
on fleabanes and horseweeds
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White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineata on fleabanes and horseweeds
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Lynx Flower Moth
Schinia lynx
on fleabanes and horseweeds
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Gray Hooded Owlet
Cucullia florea
on fleabanes and horseweeds
Specialist bees All
17 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee
Megachile pugnata
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Helianthus and 3 more
on fleabanes and horseweeds
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Sunflower Burrowing-Resin Bee
Paranthidium jugatorium
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Helianthus, Heterotheca and 6 more
on fleabanes and horseweeds
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Horn-faced Leafcutter Bee
Megachile fidelis
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 20 more
on fleabanes and horseweeds
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Small Long-horned Bee
Melissodes microstictus
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Symphyotrichum and 14 more
on fleabanes and horseweeds
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Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee
Megachile inimica
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Erigeron, Cirsium and 10 more
on fleabanes and horseweeds
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Variable Pebble Bee
Dianthidium subparvum
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Solidago, Grindelia and 12 more
on fleabanes and horseweeds
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Colorado Mason
Osmia coloradensis
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 3 more
on fleabanes and horseweeds
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Osmia montana
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 10 more
on fleabanes and horseweeds
Hosted animals All
2 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
3 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
192 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee
Bombus bifarius
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Red-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus rufocinctus
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Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee
Bombus flavifrons
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Forest Bumble Bee
Bombus sylvicola
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Atlantis Fritillary
Argynnis atlantis
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Silvery Blue
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
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Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee
Bombus mixtus
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Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee
Bombus insularis