What Lovage supports

26 native animals
supported in the US

3 caterpillars 2 food 21 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

• Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes
• Old World Swallowtail Papilio machaon
• Clemens' Agonopterix Agonopterix clemensella

Plant eaters All

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

• Fennel Aphid Hyadaphis foeniculi
• Black Bean Aphid Aphis fabae

Flower visitors All

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

• Tansy Mustard Sweat Bee Lasioglossum sisymbrii
• Pure Green Sweat Bee Augochlora pura
• Common Blue Mud-dauber Wasp Chalybion californicum
• Catskill Potter Wasp Ancistrocerus catskill
• Little Masked Bee Hylaeus pictipes
• One-banded Mason Wasp Ancistrocerus unifasciatus
• Bald-faced Hornet Dolichovespula maculata
• Summer Azure Celastrina neglecta

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