What Stiff Pea supports
31
native animals
supported in the US
11
caterpillars
5
food
15
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
11 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Western Sulphur
Colias occidentalis
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Corn Earworm Moth
Helicoverpa zea
on sweet peas and vetchlings
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Clouded Sulphur
Colias philodice
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
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Silver-spotted Skipper
Epargyreus clarus
on sweet peas and vetchlings
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Orange Sulphur
Colias eurytheme
on sweet peas and vetchlings
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Micrurapteryx occulta
on sweet peas and vetchlings
Plant eaters All
5 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Anna's Hummingbird
Calypte anna
on sweet peas and vetchlings
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Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
on sweet peas and vetchlings
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California Quail
Callipepla californica
on sweet peas and vetchlings
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Brown Bear
Ursus arctos
on sweet peas and vetchlings
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Black Bean Aphid
Aphis fabae
on sweet peas and vetchlings
Flower visitors All
15 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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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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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
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Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee
Bombus flavifrons
on sweet peas and vetchlings
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California Bumble Bee
Bombus californicus
on sweet peas and vetchlings
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Half-black Bumble Bee
Bombus vagans
on sweet peas and vetchlings
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Black-tailed Bumble Bee
Bombus melanopygus
on sweet peas and vetchlings