What Miniature Lupine supports
127
native animals
supported in the US
38
caterpillars
4
bees
4
hosts
6
food
75
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
38 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Boisduval's Blue
Icaricia icarioides
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Silvery Blue
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
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Orange Sulphur
Colias eurytheme
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Arrowhead Blue
Glaucopsyche piasus
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
Specialist bees All
4 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 lupines
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Osmia integra
Pollen specialist on Astragalus, Lupinus, Lotus and 1 more
on lupines
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Ancylandrena atoposoma
Pollen specialist on Lupinus
on lupines
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Osmia longula
Pollen specialist on Astragalus, Lupinus and Hedysarum
on lupines
Hosted animals All
4 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
6 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
75 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee
Bombus vosnesenskii
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Black-tailed Bumble Bee
Bombus melanopygus
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Acmon Blue
Icaricia acmon
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Margined Calligrapher
Toxomerus marginatus
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Tricolored Bumble Bee
Bombus ternarius
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Common Ringlet
Coenonympha california
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Marine Blue
Leptotes marina
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Tripartite Sweat Bee
Halictus tripartitus