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  7. Shepherd's-purses
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What Shepherd's-purse supports

100 native animals
supported in the US
4 caterpillars 15 food 80 flowers 1 shelter

Caterpillars All

4 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.

  • Checkered White Pontia protodice
  • Sara Orangetip Anthocharis sara
  • Falcate Orangetip Anthocharis midea
  • Army Cutworm Moth Euxoa auxiliaris

Plant eaters All

15 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.

  • Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
  • Common Raven Corvus corax
  • Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
  • Redpoll Acanthis flammea
  • Citrus Flatid Planthopper Metcalfa pruinosa
  • Colladonus geminatus
  • Short-beaked Clover Aphid Nearctaphis bakeri
  • California Quail Callipepla californica
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Flower visitors All

80 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.

  • Variable Duskyface Fly Melanostoma mellinum
  • Narrow-legged Miner Bee Andrena angustitarsata
  • Margined Calligrapher Toxomerus marginatus
  • Common Flower Fly Syrphus ribesii
  • Western Calligrapher Toxomerus occidentalis
  • Greater Bee Fly Bombylius major
  • Bicyrtes ventralis
  • Common Ringlet Coenonympha california
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Sheltered animals All

1 native animals that nest or roost in it, most recorded first.

  • Aprostocetus

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