What Leafy Pea supports
48
native animals
supported in the US
15
caterpillars
1
hosts
11
food
21
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
15 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Northern Blue
Plebejus idas
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Labrador Tiger Moth
Apantesis quenseli
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Corn Earworm Moth
Helicoverpa zea
on sweet peas and vetchlings
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Western Sulphur
Colias occidentalis
on sweet peas and vetchlings
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Clouded Sulphur
Colias philodice
on sweet peas and vetchlings
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Marine Blue
Leptotes marina
on sweet peas and vetchlings
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Silvery Blue
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
on sweet peas and vetchlings
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Queen Alexandra’s Sulphur
Colias alexandra
on sweet peas and vetchlings
Hosted animals All
1 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
11 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
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Common Raven
Corvus corax
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Eurasian Jackdaw
Coloeus monedula
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Redpoll
Acanthis flammea
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Fleahopper
Halticus apterus
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Black Bean Aphid
Aphis fabae
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Brown Bear
Ursus arctos
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American Serpentine Leaf Miner
Liriomyza trifolii
Flower visitors All
21 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Banded Mud Bee
Megachile ericetorum
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Western Arctic Skipper
Carterocephalus skada
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Mountain Mason Bee
Osmia inermis
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Golden Northern Bumble Bee
Bombus fervidus
on sweet peas and vetchlings
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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee
Bombus vosnesenskii
on sweet peas and vetchlings
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Valley Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa sonorina
on sweet peas and vetchlings
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Horse-fly Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa tabaniformis
on sweet peas and vetchlings
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
on sweet peas and vetchlings