What Showy Vetch supports
67
native animals
supported in the US
10
caterpillars
3
food
54
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
10 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Corn Earworm Moth
Helicoverpa zea
on vetches
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Silvery Blue
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
on vetches
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Green Cloverworm Moth
Hypena scabra
on vetches
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Clouded Sulphur
Colias philodice
on vetches
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Funereal Duskywing
Erynnis funeralis
on vetches
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Orange Sulphur
Colias eurytheme
on vetches
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Mead's Sulphur
Colias meadii
on vetches
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Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
on vetches
Plant eaters All
3 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
54 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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California Bumble Bee
Bombus californicus
on vetches
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Golden Northern Bumble Bee
Bombus fervidus
on vetches
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
on vetches
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Nevada Bumble Bee
Bombus nevadensis
on vetches
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Black-tailed Bumble Bee
Bombus melanopygus
on vetches
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Pipevine Swallowtail
Battus philenor
on vetches
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Silver-spotted Skipper
Epargyreus clarus
on vetches
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American Bumble Bee
Bombus pensylvanicus
on vetches