What Tall Blue Lettuce supports
40
native animals
supported in the US
22
caterpillars
1
bees
3
hosts
5
food
9
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
22 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Intermediate Hooded Owlet
Cucullia intermedia
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Thyraylia bunteana
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Virginian Tiger Moth
Spilosoma virginica
on wild lettuces
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Salt Marsh Moth
Estigmene acrea
on wild lettuces
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Celery Leaftier Moth
Udea rubigalis
on wild lettuces
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Bristly Cutworm Moth
Lacinipolia renigera
on wild lettuces
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Nutmeg Moth
Anarta trifolii
on wild lettuces
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Cabbage Looper Moth
Trichoplusia ni
on wild lettuces
Specialist bees All
1 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
Hosted animals All
3 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
5 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
9 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
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American Bumble Bee
Bombus pensylvanicus
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Eastern Calligrapher
Toxomerus geminatus
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Ferruginous Carpenter Ant
Camponotus chromaiodes
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Ligated Furrow Bee
Halictus ligatus
on wild lettuces
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Broad-handed Leafcutter Bee
Megachile latimanus
on wild lettuces
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Silver-tailed Petalcutter
Megachile montivaga
on wild lettuces
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Eastern Masked Bee
Hylaeus affinis
on wild lettuces