What Thurber's Milkvetch supports
33
native animals
supported in the US
17
caterpillars
1
bees
1
food
14
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
17 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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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
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Afranius Duskywing
Erynnis afranius
on milkvetches
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Silver-spotted Skipper
Epargyreus clarus
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
14 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Tripartite Sweat Bee
Halictus tripartitus
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California Digger Bee
Anthophora californica
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Ashmeadiella meliloti
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Sweat Bee
Lasioglossum microlepoides
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Osmia subfasciata
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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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Rocky Mountain Clearwing
Hemaris thetis
on milkvetches