What Smooth Pricklypear supports
37
native animals
supported in the US
4
caterpillars
3
bees
1
hosts
9
food
20
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
4 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
Specialist bees All
3 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Orange-tipped Woodborer
Lithurgopsis apicalis
Pollen specialist on Opuntia, Cylindropuntia, Ferocactus and 1 more
on prickly pears
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Cactus Bee
Diadasia rinconis
Pollen specialist on Opuntia, Cylindropuntia and Ferocactus
on prickly pears
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Barrel Cactus Woodborer
Lithurgopsis echinocacti
Pollen specialist on Opuntia, Cylindropuntia, Ferocactus and 1 more
on prickly pears
Hosted animals All
1 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
9 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Curve-billed Thrasher
Toxostoma curvirostre
on prickly pears
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Cactus Coreid Bug
Chelinidea vittiger
on prickly pears
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White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiatica
on prickly pears
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Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
on prickly pears
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Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
on prickly pears
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American Black Bear
Ursus americanus
on prickly pears
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Ornate Box Turtle
Terrapene ornata
on prickly pears
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Scott's Oriole
Icterus parisorum
on prickly pears
Flower visitors All
20 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Sonoran Bumble Bee
Bombus sonorus
on prickly pears
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Tripartite Sweat Bee
Halictus tripartitus
on prickly pears
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Peridot Sweat Bee
Augochlorella pomoniella
on prickly pears
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Mexican Umber Skipper
Lon vitellina
on prickly pears
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Angeles Striped Sweat Bee
Agapostemon angelicus
on prickly pears
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Ornate Checkered Beetle
Trichodes ornatus
on prickly pears
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Cactus Sap Beetle
Nitops pallipennis
on prickly pears
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Two-tailed Swallowtail
Papilio multicaudata
on prickly pears