What Indian Milkvetch supports
73
native animals
supported in the US
25
caterpillars
5
bees
8
food
35
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
25 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Cabbage Looper Moth
Trichoplusia ni
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Laburnum Leafminer
Leucoptera laburnella
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Clouded Sulphur
Colias philodice
on milkvetches
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Marine Blue
Leptotes marina
on milkvetches
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Queen Alexandra’s Sulphur Colias alexandra on milkvetches
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Orange Sulphur
Colias eurytheme
on milkvetches
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Silvery Blue
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
on milkvetches
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Arctic Blue
Agriades glandon
on milkvetches
Specialist bees All
5 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Black-and-gray Leafcutter Bee
Megachile melanophaea
Pollen specialist on Astragalus, Lupinus and Hedysarum
on milkvetches
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Porter's Digger Bee
Anthophora porterae
Pollen specialist on Astragalus
on milkvetches
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Scurfy Pea Carder Bee
Anthidium tenuiflorae
Pollen specialist on Astragalus
on milkvetches
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Osmia longula
Pollen specialist on Astragalus, Lupinus and Hedysarum
on milkvetches
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Anthidium clypeodentatum
Pollen specialist on Astragalus
on milkvetches
Plant eaters All
8 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
35 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Banded Mud Bee
Megachile ericetorum
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White-fronted Small-Mason
Hoplitis albifrons
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Mountain Mason Bee
Osmia inermis
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Hunt's Bumble Bee
Bombus huntii
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Golden Northern Bumble Bee
Bombus fervidus
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Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee
Bombus mixtus
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Boisduval's Blue
Icaricia icarioides
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Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee
Bombus flavifrons