What Cooper's Milkvetch supports
25
native animals
supported in the US
11
caterpillars
1
bees
1
food
12
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
11 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Clouded Sulphur
Colias philodice
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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Silver-spotted Skipper
Epargyreus clarus
on milkvetches
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Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
on milkvetches
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Northern Blue
Plebejus idas
on milkvetches
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Alfalfa Looper
Autographa californica
on milkvetches
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Melissa Blue
Plebejus melissa
on milkvetches
Specialist bees All
1 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
1 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
12 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Golden Northern Bumble Bee
Bombus fervidus
on milkvetches
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Nevada Bumble Bee
Bombus nevadensis
on milkvetches
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Nuttall's Blister Beetle
Lytta nuttalli
on milkvetches
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Hunt's Bumble Bee
Bombus huntii
on milkvetches
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Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
on milkvetches
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
on milkvetches
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American Bumble Bee
Bombus pensylvanicus
on milkvetches
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Tricolored Bumble Bee
Bombus ternarius
on milkvetches