What Big Sagebrush supports
90
native animals
supported in the US
12
caterpillars
16
hosts
22
food
40
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
12 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Acute-lined Flower Moth
Schinia acutilinea
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Wormwood Plume Moth
Oidaematophorus grisescens
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Sagebrush Sheep Moth
Hemileuca hera
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Abagrotis nanalis
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Dark Dart
Abagrotis duanca
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Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
on wormwoods and sagebrushes
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American Lady
Vanessa virginiensis
on wormwoods and sagebrushes
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Nutmeg Moth
Anarta trifolii
on wormwoods and sagebrushes
Hosted animals All
16 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
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Sagebrush Medusa Gall Midge
Rhopalomyia medusa
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Sponge Gall Midge
Rhopalomyia pomum
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Rhopalomyia obovata
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Eutreta diana
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Woolly Bud Gall Midge
Rhopalomyia medusirrasa
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Rhopalomyia hirtipomum
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Rhopalomyia hirtibulla
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Rhopalomyia tumidibulla
Plant eaters All
22 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Greater Sage-Grouse
Centrocercus urophasianus
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Hebata nigra
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Clastoptera delicata
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Okanagana schaefferi
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Sagebrush Cicada
Tibicinoides utahensis
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Clastoptera lineatocollis
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Okanagana fumipennis
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Neocoelidia pallida
Flower visitors All
40 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Lupine Miner Bee
Andrena lupinorum
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Western Conifer Seed Bug
Leptoglossus occidentalis
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Prunus Miner Bee
Andrena prunorum
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Dark-eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis
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Nevada Bumble Bee
Bombus nevadensis
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Hedgerow Hairstreak
Satyrium saepium
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Texas Striped Sweat Bee
Agapostemon texanus
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Agrilus walsinghami