What Cusick's Buckwheat supports
96
native animals
supported in the US
13
caterpillars
7
food
76
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
13 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Mormon Metalmark
Apodemia mormo
on wild buckwheats
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Sheridan's Hairstreak
Callophrys sheridanii
on wild buckwheats
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Dotted Blue
Euphilotes enoptes
on wild buckwheats
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Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
on wild buckwheats
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Lupine Blue
Icaricia lupini
on wild buckwheats
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Lilac-bordered Copper
Tharsalea nivalis
on wild buckwheats
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Western Green Hairstreak
Callophrys affinis
on wild buckwheats
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White-lined Sphinx
Hyles lineata
on wild buckwheats
Plant eaters All
7 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Sphex lucae
on wild buckwheats
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Western Yellowjacket
Vespula pensylvanica
on wild buckwheats
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Red-shouldered Leaf Beetle
Saxinis saucia
on wild buckwheats
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Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp
Sceliphron caementarium
on wild buckwheats
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Western Aphideater
Eupeodes fumipennis
on wild buckwheats
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Dusky Grouse
Dendragapus obscurus
on wild buckwheats
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Greater Sage-Grouse
Centrocercus urophasianus
on wild buckwheats
Flower visitors All
76 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Acmon Blue
Icaricia acmon
on wild buckwheats
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Great Golden Digger Wasp
Sphex ichneumoneus
on wild buckwheats
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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee
Bombus vosnesenskii
on wild buckwheats
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Gray Buckeye
Junonia grisea
on wild buckwheats
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Elegant Grass-carrying Wasp
Isodontia elegans
on wild buckwheats
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Tripartite Sweat Bee
Halictus tripartitus
on wild buckwheats
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Common Checkered-Skipper
Burnsius communis
on wild buckwheats
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Western Pygmy-Blue
Brephidium exilis
on wild buckwheats