What False Indigo Bush supports
29
native animals
supported in the US
10
caterpillars
4
bees
5
food
10
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
10 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Marine Blue
Leptotes marina
on false indigos
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Southern Dogface
Zerene cesonia
on false indigos
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California Dogface
Zerene eurydice
on false indigos
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Silver-spotted Skipper
Epargyreus clarus
on false indigos
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Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
on false indigos
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White Angled-Sulphur
Anteos clorinde
on false indigos
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Three-staff Underwing
Catocala amestris
on false indigos
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Leadplant Flower Moth
Schinia lucens
on false indigos
Specialist bees All
4 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Susanna's Cellophane Bee
Colletes susannae
Pollen specialist on Dalea and Amorpha
on false indigos
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Eastern Scaly Miner Bee
Andrena quintilis
Pollen specialist on Amorpha
on false indigos
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Andrena cragini
Pollen specialist on Amorpha
on false indigos
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Michener's Small-Mason
Hoplitis micheneri
Pollen specialist on Amorpha
on false indigos
Plant eaters All
5 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
10 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
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Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Bombus bimaculatus
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American Bumble Bee
Bombus pensylvanicus
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Golden Northern Bumble Bee
Bombus fervidus
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Banded Mud Bee
Megachile ericetorum
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Mountain Mason Bee
Osmia inermis
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
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Southern Plains Bumble Bee
Bombus fraternus