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  8. Wild Indigo Duskywing

species 19,744 observations

Wild Indigo Duskywing

Erynnis baptisiae

Status
native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supported by All

275 native plants
support it in the US
  • Caterpillar hosts Plants its caterpillars eat Eastern Wild Indigo, Sundial Lupine, Tall Blue Wild Indigo, Prairie False Indigo 24
  • Nectar plants Plants whose flowers it visits Purple Coneflower, False Sunflower, Wild Bergamot, New England Aster 251

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

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