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  3. Arthropods
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  6. Brush-footed Butterflies
  7. Patches and Allied Checkerspots
  8. Gorgone Checkerspot
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What supports Gorgone Checkerspot

119 native plants
support it in the US
74 caterpillar hosts 45 flowers

Caterpillar hosts All

74 native plants its caterpillars eat, most recorded first.

  • Common Sunflower Helianthus annuus keystone
  • Giant Ragweed Ambrosia trifida
  • Woodland Sunflower Helianthus divaricatus keystone
  • Jerusalem Artichoke Helianthus tuberosus keystone on sunflowers
  • Maximilian Sunflower Helianthus maximiliani keystone on sunflowers
  • Cucumberleaf Sunflower Helianthus debilis keystone on sunflowers
  • Prairie Sunflower Helianthus petiolaris keystone on sunflowers
  • Narrowleaf Sunflower Helianthus angustifolius keystone on sunflowers
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Nectar plants All

45 native plants whose flowers it visits, most recorded first.

  • Rocky Mountain Beeplant Cleomella serrulata
  • Spanish Gold Grindelia ciliata
  • Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta
  • Chokecherry Prunus virginiana keystone
  • Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa
  • Common Cowparsnip Heracleum maximum
  • Tall Goldenrod Solidago altissima keystone
  • Spreading Dogbane Apocynum androsaemifolium
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