What American Vetch supports
150
native animals
supported in the US
18
caterpillars
1
hosts
7
food
124
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
18 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Silvery Blue
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
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Mead's Sulphur
Colias meadii
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Orange Sulphur
Colias eurytheme
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Clouded Sulphur
Colias philodice
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Queen Alexandra’s Sulphur Colias alexandra
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Long-winged Shade
Cnephasia longana
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Chionodes braunella
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Corn Earworm Moth
Helicoverpa zea
on vetches
Hosted animals All
1 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 Quail
Callipepla californica
on vetches
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Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
on vetches
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Ruffed Grouse
Bonasa umbellus
on vetches
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Boll's Grasshopper
Spharagemon bolli
on vetches
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
on vetches
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Grasshopper Sparrow
Ammodramus savannarum
on vetches
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Black Bean Aphid
Aphis fabae
on vetches
Flower visitors All
124 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee
Bombus flavifrons
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Half-black Bumble Bee
Bombus vagans
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California Bumble Bee
Bombus californicus
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White-shouldered Bumble Bee
Bombus appositus
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Nevada Bumble Bee
Bombus nevadensis
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Monk Longhorn
Eucera frater
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Red-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus rufocinctus
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Hobomok Skipper
Lon hobomok