What Balloon Milkvetch supports
52
native animals
supported in the US
24
caterpillars
5
bees
5
food
18
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
24 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Orange Sulphur
Colias eurytheme
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Northern Blue
Plebejus idas
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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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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
Specialist bees All
5 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
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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
Plant eaters All
5 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
18 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Hunt's Bumble Bee
Bombus huntii
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Nevada Bumble Bee
Bombus nevadensis
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Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
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Pseudomasaris vespoides
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Golden Northern Bumble Bee
Bombus fervidus
on milkvetches
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Rocky Mountain Clearwing
Hemaris thetis
on milkvetches
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Crotch's Bumble Bee
Bombus crotchii
on milkvetches
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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee
Bombus vosnesenskii
on milkvetches