What Narrowleaf Milkweed supports
149
native animals
supported in the US
6
caterpillars
18
food
125
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
6 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
18 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Large Milkweed Bug
Oncopeltus fasciatus
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Small Milkweed Bug
Lygaeus kalmii
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Notocyphus dorsalis
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American Winter Ant
Prenolepis imparis
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Common Grass Skimmer
Paragus haemorrhous
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Eastern Tawny-Horned Spider Wasp
Entypus unifasciatus
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Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle
Anastrangalia laetifica
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Western Red-tailed Spider Wasp
Tachypompilus unicolor
Flower visitors All
125 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Great Golden Digger Wasp
Sphex ichneumoneus
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Thisbe's Tarantula-hawk Wasp
Pepsis thisbe
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Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
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Western Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio rutulus
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Crotch's Bumble Bee
Bombus crotchii
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Acmon Blue
Icaricia acmon
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Woodland Skipper
Ochlodes sylvanoides
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Mylitta Crescent
Phyciodes mylitta