What Big Saltbush supports

30 native animals
supported in the US

7 caterpillars 4 hosts 5 food 14 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

• Western Pygmy-Blue Brephidium exilis
• MacNeill's Sootywing Hesperopsis gracielae
• Mojave Sootywing Hesperopsis libya on saltbushes
• Nutmeg Moth Anarta trifolii on saltbushes
• Common Sootywing Pholisora catullus on saltbushes
• Woodgrain Rivulet Perizoma custodiata on saltbushes
• Sugarbeet Crown Borer Moth Ancylosis undulatella on saltbushes

Hosted animals All

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

• Tumor Stem Gall Midge Asphondylia atriplicis
• Saltbush Woolly Stem Gall Midge Asphondylia floccosa on saltbushes
• Neolasioptera willistoni on saltbushes
• Saltbush Blister Gall Midge Asphondylia atriplicicola on saltbushes

Plant eaters All

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

• Margined Calligrapher Toxomerus marginatus
• California Ground Squirrel Otospermophilus beecheyi
• Atriplex Ensign Scale Orthezia annae
• Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura on saltbushes
• Pale-winged Desert Cicada Okanagodes gracilis on saltbushes

Flower visitors All

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

• Honey-tailed Striped Sweat Bee Agapostemon melliventris
• Wide-legged Sweat Bee Agapostemon femoratus
• Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
• Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
• Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
• Wedgling Moth Galgula partita
• Flame Skimmer Libellula saturata
• Verdin Auriparus flaviceps

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