What Western Mojave Wild Buckwheat supports
150
native animals
supported in the US
18
caterpillars
2
hosts
15
food
115
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
18 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Mormon Metalmark
Apodemia mormo
on wild buckwheats
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Sheridan's Hairstreak
Callophrys sheridanii
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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Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
on wild buckwheats
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Lupine Blue
Icaricia lupini
on wild buckwheats
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Lilac-bordered Copper
Tharsalea nivalis
on wild buckwheats
Hosted animals All
2 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
15 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Sphex lucae
on wild buckwheats
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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
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California Yellowjacket
Vespula sulphurea
on wild buckwheats
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Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp
Sceliphron caementarium
on wild buckwheats
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Oblique Streaktail
Allograpta obliqua
on wild buckwheats
Flower visitors All
115 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Acmon Blue
Icaricia acmon
on wild buckwheats
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Great Golden Digger Wasp
Sphex ichneumoneus
on wild buckwheats
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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee
Bombus vosnesenskii
on wild buckwheats
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Fiery Skipper
Hylephila phyleus
on wild buckwheats
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Gray Buckeye
Junonia grisea
on wild buckwheats
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Elegant Grass-carrying Wasp
Isodontia elegans
on wild buckwheats
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Tripartite Sweat Bee
Halictus tripartitus
on wild buckwheats
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Common Checkered-Skipper
Burnsius communis
on wild buckwheats