What Santa Barbara Milkvetch supports
52
native animals
supported in the US
18
caterpillars
2
bees
4
food
28
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
18 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Silvery Blue
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
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Queen Alexandra’s Sulphur Colias alexandra
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Orange Sulphur
Colias eurytheme
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Christina Sulphur
Colias christina
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Harford's Sulphur
Colias harfordii
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Marine Blue
Leptotes marina
on milkvetches
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Behr's Hairstreak
Satyrium behrii
on milkvetches
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Arrowhead Blue
Glaucopsyche piasus
on milkvetches
Specialist bees All
2 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
4 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
28 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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California Bumble Bee
Bombus californicus
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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee
Bombus vosnesenskii
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Habropoda tristissima
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Crotch's Bumble Bee
Bombus crotchii
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Sonoran Bumble Bee
Bombus sonorus
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Monk Longhorn
Eucera frater
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California Digger Bee
Anthophora californica
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Johnson's Jumping Spider
Phidippus johnsoni