What Blueblossom supports

141 native animals
supported in the US

49 caterpillars 3 hosts 21 food 68 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

• Ceanothus Stem Gall Moth Periploca ceanothiella
• California Tortoiseshell Nymphalis californica
• Western Tent Caterpillar Moth Malacosoma californica
• Ceanothus Silk Moth Hyalophora euryalus
• Bank's Emerald Moth Chlorosea banksaria
• Ancylis simuloides
• Acanthopteroctetes unifascia
• Western Sheep Moth Hemileuca eglanterina

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Hosted animals All

3 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.

• Dicerca hornii
• Ceanothus Bud Gall Midge Asphondylia ceanothi
• Pacific Flat-Headed Borer Chrysobothris mali on california-lilacs

Plant eaters All

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

• California Lilac Aphid Aphis ceanothi
• Acmaeodera mariposa
• Diamond Spottail Fazia micrura
• Margined Calligrapher Toxomerus marginatus
• Western Yellowjacket Vespula pensylvanica
• Telamona calva
• Large-tailed Aphideater Eupeodes volucris
• Forked Globetail Sphaerophoria sulphuripes

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Flower visitors All

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

• Black-tailed Bumble Bee Bombus melanopygus
• Yellow-faced Bumble Bee Bombus vosnesenskii
• Common Grass Skimmer Paragus haemorrhous
• Habropoda depressa
• Echo Azure Celastrina echo
• Western Aphideater Eupeodes fumipennis
• Large Milkweed Bug Oncopeltus fasciatus
• Variable Checkerspot Euphydryas chalcedona

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