What Ackerman's Milkvetch supports
37
native animals
supported in the US
10
caterpillars
2
bees
25
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
10 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Clouded Sulphur
Colias philodice
on milkvetches
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Marine Blue
Leptotes marina
on milkvetches
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Orange Sulphur
Colias eurytheme
on milkvetches
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Behr's Hairstreak
Satyrium behrii
on milkvetches
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Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
on milkvetches
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Ceraunus Blue
Hemiargus ceraunus
on milkvetches
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Reakirt's Blue
Echinargus isola
on milkvetches
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Alfalfa Looper
Autographa californica
on milkvetches
Specialist bees All
2 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
25 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
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American Bumble Bee
Bombus pensylvanicus
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Greater Bee Fly
Bombylius major
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Juvenal's Duskywing
Erynnis juvenalis
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Two-spotted Longhorn Bee
Melissodes bimaculatus
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Black-and-gold Bumble Bee
Bombus auricomus
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Dreamy Duskywing
Erynnis icelus
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Patchwork Leafcutter Bee
Megachile centuncularis