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  2. Animals
  3. Arthropods
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  6. Brush-footed Butterflies
  7. Crescents
  8. Pale Crescent
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What supports Pale Crescent

45 native plants
support it in the US
31 caterpillar hosts 14 flowers

Caterpillar hosts All

31 native plants its caterpillars eat, most recorded first.

  • Wavyleaf Thistle Cirsium undulatum on plume thistles
  • Elk Thistle Cirsium scariosum on plume thistles
  • New Mexico Thistle Cirsium neomexicanum on plume thistles
  • Arizona Thistle Cirsium arizonicum on plume thistles
  • Edible Thistle Cirsium edule on plume thistles
  • Yellowspine Thistle Cirsium ochrocentrum on plume thistles
  • Short-styled Thistle Cirsium brevistylum on plume thistles
  • Hooker's Thistle Cirsium hookerianum on plume thistles
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Nectar plants All

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

  • Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta
  • Tall Goldenrod Solidago altissima keystone
  • Cutleaf Coneflower Rudbeckia laciniata
  • Arrowleaf Balsamroot Balsamorhiza sagittata
  • Silvery Lupine Lupinus argenteus keystone
  • Curlycup Gumweed Grindelia squarrosa
  • Lanceleaf Stonecrop Sedum lanceolatum
  • Hairy False Goldenaster Heterotheca villosa
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