What Fava Bean supports
47
native animals
supported in the US
9
caterpillars
1
hosts
15
food
22
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
9 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Ipsilon Dart Moth
Agrotis ipsilon
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Long-tailed Skipper
Urbanus proteus
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Green Cloverworm Moth
Hypena scabra
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Small Mocis Moth
Mocis latipes
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Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth
Elasmopalpus lignosella
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Bayberry Leaftier Moth
Strepsicrates smithiana
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Bertha Armyworm Moth
Mamestra configurata
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Chionodes lugubrella
Hosted animals All
1 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
15 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Black Bean Aphid
Aphis fabae
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Potato Aphid
Macrosiphum euphorbiae
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Ground Weevil
Barynotus obscurus
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Foxglove Aphid
Aulacorthum solani
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Fleahopper
Halticus apterus
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Clover Head Weevil
Hypera meles
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Buffalo Treehopper
Stictocephala bisonia
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Seedcorn Maggot
Delia platura
Flower visitors All
22 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Valley Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa sonorina
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Common Flower Fly
Syrphus ribesii
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Horse-fly Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa tabaniformis
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Woolly-tailed Marsh Fly
Helophilus hybridus
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Red Mason Bee
Osmia bicornis
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California Bumble Bee
Bombus californicus
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Banded Mud Bee
Megachile ericetorum
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Mountain Mason Bee
Osmia inermis