What Sky Lupine supports
112
native animals
supported in the US
36
caterpillars
2
bees
4
hosts
7
food
63
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
36 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Arrowhead Blue
Glaucopsyche piasus
on lupines
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Silvery Blue
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
on lupines
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Queen Alexandra’s Sulphur
Colias alexandra
on lupines
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Western Sulphur
Colias occidentalis
on lupines
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Western Sooty Hairstreak
Satyrium fuliginosa
on lupines
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Clouded Sulphur
Colias philodice
on lupines
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Boisduval's Blue
Icaricia icarioides
on lupines
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Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
on lupines
Specialist bees All
2 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
Hosted animals All
4 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
7 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Green Blister Beetle
Lytta stygica
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Lupine Aphid
Macrosiphum albifrons
on lupines
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California Quail
Callipepla californica
on lupines
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Margined Calligrapher
Toxomerus marginatus
on lupines
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Gambel's Quail
Callipepla gambelii
on lupines
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Lygus bradleyi
on lupines
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Occidental Sharpshooter
Cuerna occidentalis
on lupines
Flower visitors All
63 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Black-tailed Bumble Bee
Bombus melanopygus
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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee
Bombus vosnesenskii
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Sleepy Duskywing
Erynnis brizo
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Prong-faced Slender-Mason
Protosmia rubifloris
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Common Ringlet
Coenonympha california
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Anise Swallowtail
Papilio zelicaon
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Variable Checkerspot
Euphydryas chalcedona
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Acmon Blue
Icaricia acmon