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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Gentians, Dogbanes, Madders, and Allies
  6. Dogbanes and Milkweeds
  7. Milkweeds
  8. Woolly Milkweed
  9. Supports

What Woolly Milkweed supports

57 native animals
supported in the US
3 caterpillars 3 food 51 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

  • Monarch Danaus plexippus
  • Isabella Tiger Moth Pyrrharctia isabella on milkweeds
  • Queen Danaus gilippus on milkweeds

Plant eaters All

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

  • Large Milkweed Bug Oncopeltus fasciatus on milkweeds
  • Ornate Checkered Beetle Trichodes ornatus on milkweeds
  • Black Bean Aphid Aphis fabae on milkweeds

Flower visitors All

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

  • Variable Checkerspot Euphydryas chalcedona
  • Juniper Hairstreak Callophrys gryneus
  • Urbane Digger Bee Anthophora urbana
  • Mesilla Masked Bee Hylaeus mesillae
  • Great Golden Digger Wasp Sphex ichneumoneus on milkweeds
  • Great Black Digger Wasp Sphex pensylvanicus on milkweeds
  • Red-femured Milkweed Borer Tetraopes femoratus on milkweeds
  • Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa on milkweeds
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