What Switchgrass supports
51
native animals
supported in the US
16
caterpillars
18
food
17
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
16 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Leonard's Skipper
Hesperia leonardus
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Delaware Skipper
Anatrytone logan
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Tawny-edged Skipper
Polites themistocles
on panicgrasses
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Indian Skipper
Hesperia sassacus
on panicgrasses
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Least Skipper
Ancyloxypha numitor
on panicgrasses
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Hobomok Skipper
Lon hobomok
on panicgrasses
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Arogos Skipper
Atrytone arogos
on panicgrasses
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Clouded Skipper
Lerema accius
on panicgrasses
Plant eaters All
18 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalis
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Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
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Fall Field Cricket
Gryllus pennsylvanicus
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LeConte's Sparrow
Ammospiza leconteii
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Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
on panicgrasses
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Snow Goose
Anser caerulescens
on panicgrasses
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Common Ground Dove
Columbina passerina
on panicgrasses
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Field Sparrow
Spizella pusilla
on panicgrasses
Flower visitors All
17 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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American Snout Fly
Rhingia nasica
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Shuckard's Wasp
Pemphredon inornata
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Orange-legged Furrow Bee
Halictus rubicundus
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White-winged March Fly
Bibio albipennis
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Sinuous Bee Fly
Hemipenthes sinuosa
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Black-and-yellow Nomad Bee
Nomada luteoloides
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Miserable Mining Bee
Andrena miserabilis
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Notch-tipped Flower Longhorn Beetle
Typocerus sinuatus