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  4. Dicots
  5. Mustards, Capers, and Allies
  6. Mustard Family
  7. Cabbage
  8. Black Mustard
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What Black Mustard supports

53 native animals
supported in the US
12 caterpillars 24 food 17 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

  • Sara Orangetip Anthocharis sara
  • Becker's White Pontia beckerii
  • Checkered White Pontia protodice
  • Ipsilon Dart Moth Agrotis ipsilon
  • Cabbage Looper Moth Trichoplusia ni
  • Large Marble Euchloe ausonides
  • Western White Pontia occidentalis
  • Painted Tiger Moth Arachnis picta
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Plant eaters All

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

  • Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
  • Common Raven Corvus corax
  • Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
  • Redpoll Acanthis flammea
  • Marram Weevil Philopedon plagiatum
  • Striped Flea Beetle Phyllotreta striolata
  • Bird Cherry-oat Aphid Rhopalosiphum padi
  • Seedcorn Maggot Delia platura
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Flower visitors All

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

  • Wide-striped Sweat Bee Halictus farinosus
  • Yellow-faced Bumble Bee Bombus vosnesenskii
  • Peridot Sweat Bee Augochlorella pomoniella
  • Red Mason Bee Osmia bicornis
  • Texas Striped Sweat Bee Agapostemon texanus
  • Tripartite Sweat Bee Halictus tripartitus
  • Large Heath Coenonympha tullia
  • Common Buckeye Junonia coenia
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