11. Animals may also resort to the consumption of ragwort when there is shortage of food. 12. The darker individuals often have a pale streak along the ragwort , and red valerian. 13. The ragwort , then become less common due to increased competition from the edible species. 14. Faithless, East Ragwort , Mass. 15. The beetles have prevented entire populations of ragwort from reaching flowering stage at several monitored sites. 16. Sedges, golden ragwort , cinnamon fern, and swamp saxifrage are common in the swamp. 17. Of the 30 species that specifically feed on ragwort alone, seven are officially deemed Nationally Scarce. 18. Adults can be found in summer visiting ragwort flowers and this plant is also the larval hostplant. 19. There are wetland herbs such as marsh ragwort and the rare narrow-leaved water-dropwort. 20. It flies at night from July to September and is attracted to light and flowers such as ragwort .