What King's Lupine supports
94
native animals
supported in the US
33
caterpillars
1
bees
2
hosts
5
food
53
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
33 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Arrowhead Blue
Glaucopsyche piasus
on lupines
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Silvery Blue
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
on lupines
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Queen Alexandra’s Sulphur
Colias alexandra
on lupines
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Clouded Sulphur
Colias philodice
on lupines
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Boisduval's Blue
Icaricia icarioides
on lupines
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Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
on lupines
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Orange Sulphur
Colias eurytheme
on lupines
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West Coast Lady
Vanessa annabella
on lupines
Specialist bees All
1 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
Hosted animals All
2 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
5 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
53 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee
Bombus vosnesenskii
on lupines
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Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee
Bombus bifarius
on lupines
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Black-tailed Bumble Bee
Bombus melanopygus
on lupines
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Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee
Bombus mixtus
on lupines
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Golden Northern Bumble Bee
Bombus fervidus
on lupines
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
on lupines
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Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee
Bombus flavifrons
on lupines
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Great Basin Bumble Bee
Bombus centralis
on lupines