What Silver Bush Lupine supports
119
native animals
supported in the US
37
caterpillars
2
bees
4
hosts
7
food
69
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
37 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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Arrowhead Blue
Glaucopsyche piasus
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Tortricine Ragwort Moth
Sparganothis senecionana
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Chionodes braunella
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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
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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California Lady Beetle
Coccinella californica
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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
69 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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Crotch's Bumble Bee
Bombus crotchii
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Variable Checkerspot
Euphydryas chalcedona
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Valley Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa sonorina
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Convergent Lady Beetle Hippodamia convergens
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Golden Northern Bumble Bee
Bombus fervidus
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Western Lynx Spider
Oxyopes scalaris