What California Sagebrush supports
49
native animals
supported in the US
11
caterpillars
7
hosts
14
food
17
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
11 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Eupithecia acutipennis
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Aseptis susquesa
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Plataea personaria
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Miodera stigmata
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McDunnough's Pero
Pero macdunnoughi
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Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
on wormwoods and sagebrushes
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American Lady
Vanessa virginiensis
on wormwoods and sagebrushes
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Nutmeg Moth
Anarta trifolii
on wormwoods and sagebrushes
Hosted animals All
7 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
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Sagebrush Woolly Stem Gall Midge
Rhopalomyia floccosa
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Sagebrush Leaf Gall Midge
Rhopalomyia clinata
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Sagebrush Medusa Gall Midge
Rhopalomyia medusa
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Ceanothus Bud Gall Midge
Asphondylia ceanothi
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Eutreta diana
on wormwoods and sagebrushes
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Sponge Gall Midge
Rhopalomyia pomum
on Tridentatae
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Woolly Bud Gall Midge
Rhopalomyia medusirrasa
on wormwoods and sagebrushes
Plant eaters All
14 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Lesser Goldfinch
Spinus psaltria
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Oblique Streaktail
Allograpta obliqua
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Smoketree Sharpshooter
Homalodisca liturata
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Coastal Cactus Dodger Cacama crepitans
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Stephens's Kangaroo Rat
Dipodomys stephensi
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Clastoptera brunnea
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Oeclidius nanus
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Artemisia Ensign Scale
Praelongorthezia artemisiae
Flower visitors All
17 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Banded Garden Spider
Argiope trifasciata
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Gray Bird Grasshopper
Schistocerca nitens
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Green Lynx Spider
Peucetia viridans
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Echo Azure
Celastrina echo
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Western Pygmy-Blue
Brephidium exilis
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White-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys
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Fiery Skipper
Hylephila phyleus
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Convergent Lady Beetle Hippodamia convergens