What Scarlet Milkvetch supports
43
native animals
supported in the US
20
caterpillars
3
bees
1
food
19
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
20 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Clouded Sulphur
Colias philodice
on milkvetches
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Marine Blue
Leptotes marina
on milkvetches
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Queen Alexandra’s Sulphur
Colias alexandra
on milkvetches
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Orange Sulphur
Colias eurytheme
on milkvetches
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Silvery Blue
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
on milkvetches
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Arctic Blue
Agriades glandon
on milkvetches
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Harford's Sulphur
Colias harfordii
on milkvetches
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Behr's Hairstreak
Satyrium behrii
on milkvetches
Specialist bees All
3 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Black-and-gray Leafcutter Bee
Megachile melanophaea
Pollen specialist on Astragalus, Lupinus and Hedysarum
on milkvetches
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Porter's Digger Bee
Anthophora porterae
Pollen specialist on Astragalus
on milkvetches
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Pallid Habropoda
Habropoda pallida
Pollen specialist on Astragalus, Psorothamnus, Parkinsonia and 1 more
on milkvetches
Plant eaters All
1 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
19 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Golden Northern Bumble Bee
Bombus fervidus
on milkvetches
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Nevada Bumble Bee
Bombus nevadensis
on milkvetches
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Rocky Mountain Clearwing
Hemaris thetis
on milkvetches
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Nuttall's Blister Beetle
Lytta nuttalli
on milkvetches
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Hunt's Bumble Bee
Bombus huntii
on milkvetches
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Crotch's Bumble Bee
Bombus crotchii
on milkvetches
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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee
Bombus vosnesenskii
on milkvetches
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Great Basin Bumble Bee
Bombus centralis
on milkvetches