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species 510 observations

Melissa Arctic

Oeneis melissa

Status
native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supported by All

197 native plants
support it in the US
  • Caterpillar hosts Plants its caterpillars eat Bigelow's Sedge, Rock Sedge, Wavy Hair-grass, Sallow Sedge 194
  • Nectar plants Plants whose flowers it visits Common Yarrow, Siberian Aster, Greenland Stitchwort 3

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

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