Los Angeles Bioblitz Challenge
Tropical Milkweed (Asclepias curassavica)
10 observations
- Observer
- brianlearn
- Date
- 8/8/2021
- Quality grade
- research
- License
- CC-BY-NC
Description
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Native Status
tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) is native / not native to Los Angeles, California, USA.Habitat
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Taxon Range
Note: Range maps are only available for some species.
Taxonomy
- kingdom: Plants (Plantae) 4567 observations
- phylum: Vascular Plants (Tracheophyta) 4398 observations
- class: Dicots (Magnoliopsida) 3930 observations
- order: Gentians, Dogbanes, Madders, And Allies (Gentianales) 109 observations
- family: Dogbane Family (Apocynaceae) 102 observations
- genus: Milkweeds (Asclepias) 76 observations
- species: Tropical Milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) 10 observations
Species Interactions
Species interaction data comes from GloBI. The species with links are species that have observations.
Eats
- Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Eaten by
- Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
- Soldier (Danaus eresimus)
- Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
- Granulated Catfish (Pterodoras granulosus)
- European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula)
- Great Golden Digger Wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus)
- Guinea Paper Wasp (Polistes exclamans)
- Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)
- Western Leafcutter (Megachile perihirta)
- (Euodynerus pratensis)
- Oleander Aphid (Aphis nerii)
- Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
- Tropical Milkweed (Asclepias curassavica)
- Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
- Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee (Bombus griseocollis)
- Large Carpenter Bees (Xylocopa)
- Masked Bees (Hylaeus)
- Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)
- Ligated Furrow Bee (Halictus ligatus)
- Thick-legged Hover Fly (Syritta pipiens)
- Forked Globetail (Sphaerophoria sulphuripes)
- Milkweed Tussock Moth (Euchaetes egle)
- Large Milkweed Bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus)
- Anise Swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon)
- Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
Preyed upon by
- South American Monarch (Danaus erippus)