What Seaside Pea supports

56 native animals
supported in the US

16 caterpillars 1 hosts 7 food 32 flowers

Caterpillars All

16 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.

• Silvery Blue Glaucopsyche lygdamus
• Zebra Caterpillar Moth Melanchra picta
• Black-marked Ancylis Moth Ancylis metamelana
• Finnish Dart Actebia fennica
• White-edged Pima Moth Pima albiplagiatella
• Corn Earworm Moth Helicoverpa zea on sweet peas and vetchlings
• Western Sulphur Colias occidentalis on sweet peas and vetchlings
• Green Cloverworm Moth Hypena scabra on sweet peas and vetchlings

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Hosted animals All

1 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.

• Broadbean Weevil Bruchus rufimanus on sweet peas and vetchlings

Plant eaters All

7 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.

• Eastern Meadow Vole Microtus pennsylvanicus
• Fiery Cryptocephalus Cryptocephalus calidus
• Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna on sweet peas and vetchlings
• Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus on sweet peas and vetchlings
• California Quail Callipepla californica on sweet peas and vetchlings
• Fleahopper Halticus apterus on sweet peas and vetchlings
• Black Bean Aphid Aphis fabae on sweet peas and vetchlings

Flower visitors All

32 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.

• Northern Amber Bumble Bee Bombus borealis
• Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee Bombus flavifrons
• Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens
• Brown-belted Bumble Bee Bombus griseocollis
• Black-tailed Bumble Bee Bombus melanopygus
• Golden Northern Bumble Bee Bombus fervidus
• Half-black Bumble Bee Bombus vagans
• Black-and-gray Leafcutter Bee Megachile melanophaea Pollen specialist on Astragalus, Lupinus and Hedysarum

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