What Silky Lupine supports
153
native animals
supported in the US
41
caterpillars
3
bees
3
hosts
8
food
98
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
41 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Boisduval's Blue
Icaricia icarioides
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Silvery Blue
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
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Arrowhead Blue
Glaucopsyche piasus
on lupines
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Queen Alexandra’s Sulphur Colias alexandra on lupines
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Western Sulphur
Colias occidentalis
on lupines
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Western Sooty Hairstreak
Satyrium fuliginosa
on lupines
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Clouded Sulphur
Colias philodice
on lupines
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Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
on lupines
Specialist bees All
3 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
Hosted animals All
3 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
8 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Bruner's Spur-throat Grasshopper
Melanoplus bruneri
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Lupine Aphid
Macrosiphum albifrons
on lupines
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California Quail
Callipepla californica
on lupines
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Margined Calligrapher
Toxomerus marginatus
on lupines
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Brown Bear
Ursus arctos
on lupines
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Gambel's Quail
Callipepla gambelii
on lupines
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Montezuma Quail
Cyrtonyx montezumae
on lupines
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Lygus bradleyi
on lupines
Flower visitors All
98 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee
Bombus bifarius
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Great Basin Bumble Bee
Bombus centralis
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Western Bumble Bee
Bombus occidentalis
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Coneflower Masked Bee
Hylaeus rudbeckiae
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Red-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus rufocinctus
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Golden Northern Bumble Bee
Bombus fervidus
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Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee
Bombus mixtus
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Edwards's Long-horned Bee
Eucera edwardsii