What Chia supports
137
native animals
supported in the US
3
caterpillars
1
bees
2
hosts
11
food
120
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
3 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
Specialist bees All
1 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
Hosted animals All
2 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
11 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Ornate Checkered Beetle
Trichodes ornatus
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White-bowed Smoothwing
Scaeva affinis
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Red-eared Blister Beetle
Lytta auriculata
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Acmaeodera hepburnii
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Large-tailed Aphideater
Eupeodes volucris
on sages
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Western Aphideater
Eupeodes fumipennis
on sages
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Orange-crowned Warbler
Leiothlypis celata
on sages
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Bushtit
Psaltriparus minimus
on sages
Flower visitors All
120 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Variable Checkerspot
Euphydryas chalcedona
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Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
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White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineata
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Sara Orangetip
Anthocharis sara
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California Digger Bee
Anthophora californica
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Lethal Pyrausta
Pyrausta lethalis
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Black-tailed Bumble Bee
Bombus melanopygus
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Acmon Blue
Icaricia acmon