What Columbia Milkvetch supports
34
native animals
supported in the US
14
caterpillars
5
bees
15
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
14 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Clouded Sulphur
Colias philodice
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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Behr's Hairstreak
Satyrium behrii
on milkvetches
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Arrowhead Blue
Glaucopsyche piasus
on milkvetches
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Western Sulphur
Colias occidentalis
on milkvetches
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Silver-spotted Skipper
Epargyreus clarus
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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Osmia integra
Pollen specialist on Astragalus, Lupinus, Lotus and 1 more
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
Flower visitors All
15 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Nevada Bumble Bee
Bombus nevadensis
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Golden Northern Bumble Bee
Bombus fervidus
on milkvetches
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Rocky Mountain Clearwing
Hemaris thetis
on milkvetches
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Hunt's Bumble Bee
Bombus huntii
on milkvetches
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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee
Bombus vosnesenskii
on milkvetches
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Great Basin Bumble Bee
Bombus centralis
on milkvetches
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Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
on milkvetches
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
on milkvetches