What Egg Milkvetch supports
52
native animals
supported in the US
22
caterpillars
3
bees
2
food
25
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
22 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
3 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
Plant eaters All
2 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
25 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Osmia integra
Pollen specialist on Astragalus, Lupinus, Lotus and 1 more
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Morrison's Bumble Bee
Bombus morrisoni
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Eucera fulvitarsis
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Megachile prosopidis
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Tiny Small Carpenter
Ceratina nanula
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Osmia longula
Pollen specialist on Astragalus, Lupinus and Hedysarum
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Habropoda morrisoni
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Golden Northern Bumble Bee
Bombus fervidus
on milkvetches