What Two-grooved Milkvetch supports
62
native animals
supported in the US
26
caterpillars
4
bees
2
food
30
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
26 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Orange Sulphur
Colias eurytheme
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Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
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Persius Duskywing
Erynnis persius
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Queen Alexandra’s Sulphur Colias alexandra
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Walshia amorphella
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Euxoa costata
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Clouded Sulphur
Colias philodice
on milkvetches
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Marine Blue
Leptotes marina
on milkvetches
Specialist bees All
4 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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Osmia longula
Pollen specialist on Astragalus, Lupinus and Hedysarum
on milkvetches
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University Nomia
Nomia universitatis
Pollen specialist on Astragalus, Pediomelum and Ladeania
on milkvetches
Plant eaters All
2 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
30 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Nevada Bumble Bee
Bombus nevadensis
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
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Golden Northern Bumble Bee
Bombus fervidus
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Hunt's Bumble Bee
Bombus huntii
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Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Bombus bimaculatus
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American Bumble Bee
Bombus pensylvanicus
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Tricolored Bumble Bee
Bombus ternarius
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Red-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus rufocinctus