What Redflower Buckwheat supports
143
native animals
supported in the US
13
caterpillars
1
bees
17
food
112
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
13 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
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Mormon Metalmark
Apodemia mormo
on wild buckwheats
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Square-spotted Blue
Euphilotes battoides
on wild buckwheats
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Lotus Hairstreak
Callophrys dumetorum
on wild buckwheats
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Dotted Blue
Euphilotes enoptes
on wild buckwheats
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Lupine Blue
Icaricia lupini
on wild buckwheats
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White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineata on wild buckwheats
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Blue Copper
Tharsalea heteronea
on wild buckwheats
Specialist bees All
1 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
17 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Sphex lucae
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Great Golden Digger Wasp
Sphex ichneumoneus
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American Sand Wasp
Bembix americana
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American Winter Ant
Prenolepis imparis
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Western Yellowjacket
Vespula pensylvanica
on wild buckwheats
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Hemipenthes inops
on wild buckwheats
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Red-shouldered Leaf Beetle
Saxinis saucia
on wild buckwheats
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Cerceris sextoides
on wild buckwheats
Flower visitors All
112 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee
Bombus vosnesenskii
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Tripartite Sweat Bee
Halictus tripartitus
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Acmon Blue
Icaricia acmon
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Urbane Digger Bee
Anthophora urbana
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Western Fence Lizard
Sceloporus occidentalis
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Fiery Skipper
Hylephila phyleus
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Hidalgo Mason Wasp
Euodynerus hidalgo
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Texas Striped Sweat Bee
Agapostemon texanus