What Yucca Wild Buckwheat supports
152
native animals
supported in the US
17
caterpillars
1
bees
2
hosts
13
food
119
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
17 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Pallid Blue
Euphilotes pallescens
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Mormon Metalmark
Apodemia mormo
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Nemoria intensaria
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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
Specialist bees All
1 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
Hosted animals All
2 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
13 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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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
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Western Aphideater
Eupeodes fumipennis
on wild buckwheats
Flower visitors All
119 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Western Pygmy-Blue
Brephidium exilis
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Fire-tailed Scoliid Wasp
Triscolia ardens
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Dainty Sulphur
Nathalis iole
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Acmon Blue
Icaricia acmon
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Great Purple Hairstreak
Atlides halesus
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Noble Scoliid Wasp
Scolia nobilitata
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Thisbe's Tarantula-hawk Wasp
Pepsis thisbe
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Milde's Tarantula-hawk Wasp
Pepsis mildei