What Clasping Milkweed supports
150
native animals
supported in the US
8
caterpillars
1
hosts
8
food
133
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
8 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Monarch
Danaus plexippus
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Queen
Danaus gilippus
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Milkweed Tussock Moth
Euchaetes egle
on milkweeds
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Isabella Tiger Moth
Pyrrharctia isabella
on milkweeds
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Soldier
Danaus eresimus
on milkweeds
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Striped Garden Caterpillar Moth
Trichordestra legitima
on milkweeds
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Incolorous Pearl
Hodebertia testalis
on milkweeds
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Dogbane Saucrobotys Moth
Saucrobotys futilalis
on milkweeds
Hosted animals All
1 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
8 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Large Milkweed Bug
Oncopeltus fasciatus
on milkweeds
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Eastern Cottontail
Sylvilagus floridanus
on milkweeds
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
on milkweeds
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Red-banded Leafhopper
Graphocephala coccinea
on milkweeds
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Glassy-winged Sharpshooter
Homalodisca vitripennis
on milkweeds
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Broad-headed Sharpshooter
Oncometopia orbona
on milkweeds
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Two-striped Planthopper
Acanalonia bivittata
on milkweeds
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Black Bean Aphid
Aphis fabae
on milkweeds
Flower visitors All
133 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Great Spangled Fritillary
Argynnis cybele
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
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Little Glassywing
Vernia verna
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Eastern Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa virginica
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Silver-spotted Skipper
Epargyreus clarus
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Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Bombus bimaculatus
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Perplexing Bumble Bee
Bombus perplexus
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Margined Leatherwing Beetle
Chauliognathus marginatus