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What Italian Bugloss supports

7 native animals
supported in the US
1 caterpillars 3 food 3 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

  • Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis heparana

Plant eaters All

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

  • Plum-thistle Aphid Brachycaudus cardui
  • Leafcurl Plum Aphid Brachycaudus helichrysi
  • Black Bean Aphid Aphis fabae

Flower visitors All

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

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens
  • Old World Swallowtail Papilio machaon
  • Two-spotted Longhorn Bee Melissodes bimaculatus

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