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  3. Vascular Plants
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  5. Gentians, Dogbanes, Madders, and Allies
  6. Dogbanes and Milkweeds
  7. Milkweeds
  8. Wheel Milkweed
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What Wheel Milkweed supports

82 native animals
supported in the US
6 caterpillars 5 food 71 flowers

Caterpillars All

6 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.

  • Monarch Danaus plexippus on milkweeds
  • Isabella Tiger Moth Pyrrharctia isabella on milkweeds
  • Queen Danaus gilippus on milkweeds
  • Soldier Danaus eresimus on milkweeds
  • Striped Garden Caterpillar Moth Trichordestra legitima on milkweeds
  • Dogbane Saucrobotys Moth Saucrobotys futilalis on milkweeds

Plant eaters All

5 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.

  • Large Milkweed Bug Oncopeltus fasciatus on milkweeds
  • Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus on milkweeds
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus on milkweeds
  • Ornate Checkered Beetle Trichodes ornatus on milkweeds
  • Two-striped Planthopper Acanalonia bivittata on milkweeds

Flower visitors All

71 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.

  • American Bumble Bee Bombus pensylvanicus
  • Small Milkweed Bug Lygaeus kalmii
  • Great Golden Digger Wasp Sphex ichneumoneus
  • Spine-shouldered Cellophane Bee Colletes simulans Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum and Euthamia
  • Common Little Leaf-cutter Bee Megachile brevis
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee Bombus griseocollis on milkweeds
  • Southern Plains Bumble Bee Bombus fraternus on milkweeds
  • Protandrena mexicanorum on milkweeds
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