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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies
  6. Legumes
  7. Sensitive Plants
  8. Softleaf Mimosa
  9. Supports

What Softleaf Mimosa supports

11 native animals
supported in the US
7 caterpillars 2 food 2 flowers

Caterpillars All

7 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.

  • Gray Ministreak Ministrymon azia
  • Mimosa Yellow Eurema nise on sensitive plants
  • Mimosa Skipper Cogia calchas on sensitive plants
  • Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus on sensitive plants
  • White-marked Tussock Moth Orgyia leucostigma on sensitive plants
  • Io Moth Automeris io on sensitive plants
  • Reakirt's Blue Echinargus isola on sensitive plants

Plant eaters All

2 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.

  • Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii on sensitive plants
  • Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Homalodisca vitripennis on sensitive plants

Flower visitors All

2 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.

  • Southern Plains Bumble Bee Bombus fraternus on sensitive plants
  • Ligated Furrow Bee Halictus ligatus on sensitive plants

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