What Shortstem Lupine supports
113
native animals
supported in the US
38
caterpillars
2
bees
3
hosts
5
food
65
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
38 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Arrowhead Blue
Glaucopsyche piasus
on lupines
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Silvery Blue
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
on lupines
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Queen Alexandra’s Sulphur
Colias alexandra
on lupines
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Western Sulphur
Colias occidentalis
on lupines
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Western Sooty Hairstreak
Satyrium fuliginosa
on lupines
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Clouded Sulphur
Colias philodice
on lupines
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Boisduval's Blue
Icaricia icarioides
on lupines
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Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
on lupines
Specialist bees All
2 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
65 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Grinnell's Small-Mason
Hoplitis grinnelli
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Tiny Small Carpenter
Ceratina nanula
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Square-jawed Angled-Mason
Ashmeadiella xenomastax
Pollen specialist on Astragalus, Psorothamnus and Dalea
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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee
Bombus vosnesenskii
on lupines
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Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee
Bombus bifarius
on lupines
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Black-tailed Bumble Bee
Bombus melanopygus
on lupines
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Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee
Bombus mixtus
on lupines
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Golden Northern Bumble Bee
Bombus fervidus
on lupines