What Bearded Lupine supports
66
native animals
supported in the US
22
caterpillars
1
bees
1
hosts
3
food
39
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
22 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Arrowhead Blue
Glaucopsyche piasus
on lupines
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Silvery Blue
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
on lupines
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Queen Alexandra’s Sulphur
Colias alexandra
on lupines
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Clouded Sulphur
Colias philodice
on lupines
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Boisduval's Blue
Icaricia icarioides
on lupines
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Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
on lupines
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Orange Sulphur
Colias eurytheme
on lupines
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West Coast Lady
Vanessa annabella
on lupines
Specialist bees All
1 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
Hosted animals All
1 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
3 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
39 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee
Bombus bifarius
on lupines
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Golden Northern Bumble Bee
Bombus fervidus
on lupines
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Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee
Bombus flavifrons
on lupines
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Great Basin Bumble Bee
Bombus centralis
on lupines
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Western Bumble Bee
Bombus occidentalis
on lupines
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Red-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus rufocinctus
on lupines
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Hunt's Bumble Bee
Bombus huntii
on lupines
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Nevada Bumble Bee
Bombus nevadensis
on lupines