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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Gentians, Dogbanes, Madders, and Allies
  6. Dogbanes and Milkweeds
  7. Milkweeds
  8. White-stemmed Milkweed
  9. Supports

What White-stemmed Milkweed supports

48 native animals
supported in the US
3 caterpillars 4 food 41 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

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

Plant eaters All

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

  • Large Milkweed Bug Oncopeltus fasciatus on milkweeds
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus on milkweeds
  • Ornate Checkered Beetle Trichodes ornatus on milkweeds
  • Black Bean Aphid Aphis fabae on milkweeds

Flower visitors All

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

  • Great Golden Digger Wasp Sphex ichneumoneus on milkweeds
  • Red-femured Milkweed Borer Tetraopes femoratus on milkweeds
  • Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa on milkweeds
  • Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes on milkweeds
  • Dun Skipper Euphyes vestris on milkweeds
  • Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus on milkweeds
  • Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta on milkweeds
  • Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor on milkweeds
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