What Small Mallow supports
100
native animals
supported in the US
19
caterpillars
2
hosts
13
food
66
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
19 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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West Coast Lady
Vanessa annabella
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Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
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Cotton Tipworm Moth
Crocidosema plebejana
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Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
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Rufous-banded Crambid Moth
Mimoschinia rufofascialis
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Yellow Scallop Moth Anomis erosa
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Ipsilon Dart Moth
Agrotis ipsilon
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Common Checkered-Skipper
Burnsius communis
Hosted animals All
2 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
13 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Ornate Aphid
Myzus ornatus
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Black Bean Aphid
Aphis fabae
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Eastern Fox Squirrel
Sciurus niger
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California Ground Squirrel
Otospermophilus beecheyi
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California Quail
Callipepla californica
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Black-headed Grosbeak
Pheucticus melanocephalus
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Gray Bird Grasshopper
Schistocerca nitens
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Alfalfa Snout Beetle
Otiorhynchus ligustici
Flower visitors All
66 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Hyaline Grass Bug
Liorhyssus hyalinus
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Dusky-banded Leafwalker
Chalcosyrphus nemorum
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Doubled Ceratina
Ceratina dupla
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
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Margined Calligrapher
Toxomerus marginatus
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Ligated Furrow Bee
Halictus ligatus
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Viceroy
Limenitis archippus
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Checkered White
Pontia protodice