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  8. Western Calligrapher

species 4,965 observations

Western Calligrapher

Toxomerus occidentalis

Status
native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supported by All

257 native plants
support it in the US
  • Food plants Plants it feeds on Milkmaids, Pacific Aster, Common Madia, Sacramento Valley Buttercup 105
  • Nectar plants Plants whose flowers it visits California Buttercup, California Poppy, Western Buttercup, Hayfield Tarweed 151
  • Shelter plants Plants it nests or roosts in California Bay 1

Range

United States

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

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