What Field Milkvetch supports
71
native animals
supported in the US
24
caterpillars
6
bees
2
food
39
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
24 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Clouded Sulphur
Colias philodice
on milkvetches
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Marine Blue
Leptotes marina
on milkvetches
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Queen Alexandra’s Sulphur
Colias alexandra
on milkvetches
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Orange Sulphur
Colias eurytheme
on milkvetches
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Silvery Blue
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
on milkvetches
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Arctic Blue
Agriades glandon
on milkvetches
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Mead's Sulphur
Colias meadii
on milkvetches
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Behr's Hairstreak
Satyrium behrii
on milkvetches
Specialist bees All
6 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Black-and-gray Leafcutter Bee
Megachile melanophaea
Pollen specialist on Astragalus, Lupinus and Hedysarum
on milkvetches
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Porter's Digger Bee
Anthophora porterae
Pollen specialist on Astragalus
on milkvetches
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Scurfy Pea Carder Bee
Anthidium tenuiflorae
Pollen specialist on Astragalus
on milkvetches
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Osmia longula
Pollen specialist on Astragalus, Lupinus and Hedysarum
on milkvetches
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University Nomia
Nomia universitatis
Pollen specialist on Astragalus, Pediomelum and Ladeania
on milkvetches
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Anthidium clypeodentatum
Pollen specialist on Astragalus
on milkvetches
Plant eaters All
2 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
39 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Nevada Bumble Bee
Bombus nevadensis
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Hunt's Bumble Bee
Bombus huntii
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Red-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus rufocinctus
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Black Swallowtail
Papilio polyxenes
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Tricolored Bumble Bee
Bombus ternarius
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Hobomok Skipper
Lon hobomok
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Golden Northern Bumble Bee
Bombus fervidus
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Half-black Bumble Bee
Bombus vagans