What Summer Lupine supports
110
native animals
supported in the US
36
caterpillars
2
bees
4
hosts
6
food
62
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
36 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Boisduval's Blue
Icaricia icarioides
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Arrowhead Blue
Glaucopsyche piasus
on lupines
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Silvery Blue
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
on lupines
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Queen Alexandra’s Sulphur Colias alexandra on lupines
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Western Sulphur
Colias occidentalis
on lupines
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Western Sooty Hairstreak
Satyrium fuliginosa
on lupines
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Clouded Sulphur
Colias philodice
on lupines
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Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
on lupines
Specialist bees All
2 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
Hosted animals All
4 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
6 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
62 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee
Bombus vosnesenskii
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California Lady Beetle
Coccinella californica
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California Bumble Bee
Bombus californicus
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Urbane Digger Bee
Anthophora urbana
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Rural Skipper
Ochlodes agricola
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White-shouldered Bumble Bee
Bombus appositus
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Black-tailed Bumble Bee
Bombus melanopygus
on lupines
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Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee
Bombus mixtus
on lupines