What Pomona Milkvetch supports
34
native animals
supported in the US
16
caterpillars
3
bees
3
food
12
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
16 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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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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Harford's Sulphur
Colias harfordii
on milkvetches
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Behr's Hairstreak
Satyrium behrii
on milkvetches
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Arrowhead Blue
Glaucopsyche piasus
on milkvetches
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Afranius Duskywing
Erynnis afranius
on milkvetches
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Silver-spotted Skipper
Epargyreus clarus
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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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
Plant eaters All
3 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
12 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Crotch's Bumble Bee
Bombus crotchii
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Rocky Mountain Clearwing
Hemaris thetis
on milkvetches
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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee
Bombus vosnesenskii
on milkvetches
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Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
on milkvetches
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Monk Longhorn
Eucera frater
on milkvetches
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California Bumble Bee
Bombus californicus
on milkvetches
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Woodland Skipper
Ochlodes sylvanoides
on milkvetches
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Greenish Blue
Icaricia saepiolus
on milkvetches