What Douglas' Milkvetch supports
51
native animals
supported in the US
18
caterpillars
3
bees
4
food
26
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
18 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Queen Alexandra’s Sulphur
Colias alexandra
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Harford's Sulphur
Colias harfordii
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Marine Blue
Leptotes marina
on milkvetches
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Orange Sulphur
Colias eurytheme
on milkvetches
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Silvery Blue
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
on milkvetches
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Behr's Hairstreak
Satyrium behrii
on milkvetches
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Arrowhead Blue
Glaucopsyche piasus
on milkvetches
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Shasta Blue
Icaricia shasta
on milkvetches
Specialist bees All
3 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Black-and-gray Leafcutter Bee
Megachile melanophaea
Pollen specialist on Astragalus, Lupinus and Hedysarum
on milkvetches
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Pallid Habropoda
Habropoda pallida
Pollen specialist on Astragalus, Psorothamnus, Parkinsonia and 1 more
on milkvetches
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Scurfy Pea Carder Bee
Anthidium tenuiflorae
Pollen specialist on Astragalus
on milkvetches
Plant eaters All
4 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
26 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Sara Orangetip
Anthocharis sara
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Convergent Lady Beetle
Hippodamia convergens
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Acmon Blue
Icaricia acmon
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Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee
Bombus flavifrons
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Propertius Duskywing
Erynnis propertius
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Acmaeodera connexa
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Chrysobothris semisculpta
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Golden Northern Bumble Bee
Bombus fervidus
on milkvetches