What Canadian Milkvetch supports
108
native animals
supported in the US
28
caterpillars
8
bees
9
food
63
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
28 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Wild Indigo Duskywing
Erynnis baptisiae
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Julia's Dicymolomia Moth
Dicymolomia julianalis
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Queen Alexandra’s Sulphur Colias alexandra
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Clouded Sulphur
Colias philodice
on milkvetches
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Marine Blue
Leptotes marina
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
Specialist bees All
8 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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Pallid Habropoda
Habropoda pallida
Pollen specialist on Astragalus, Psorothamnus, Parkinsonia and 1 more
on milkvetches
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Scurfy Pea Carder Bee
Anthidium tenuiflorae
Pollen specialist on Astragalus
on milkvetches
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Osmia integra
Pollen specialist on Astragalus, Lupinus, Lotus and 1 more
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
9 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Potato Leafhopper
Empoasca fabae
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Atlantic Cod
Gadus morhua
on milkvetches
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Atlantic Mackerel
Scomber scombrus
on milkvetches
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Atlantic Herring
Clupea harengus
on milkvetches
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Spiny Dogfish
Squalus acanthias
on milkvetches
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Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
on milkvetches
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Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
on milkvetches
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Greater Sage-Grouse
Centrocercus urophasianus
on milkvetches
Flower visitors All
63 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Black-and-gold Bumble Bee
Bombus auricomus
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Golden Northern Bumble Bee
Bombus fervidus
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Northern Amber Bumble Bee
Bombus borealis
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American Bumble Bee
Bombus pensylvanicus
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Nevada Bumble Bee
Bombus nevadensis
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Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Bombus bimaculatus
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis