What Rusty Lupine supports
138
native animals
supported in the US
44
caterpillars
3
bees
3
hosts
6
food
82
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
44 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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Wild Indigo Duskywing
Erynnis baptisiae
on lupines
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Boisduval's Blue
Icaricia icarioides
on lupines
Specialist bees All
3 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
6 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
82 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Hunt's Bumble Bee
Bombus huntii
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Red-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus rufocinctus
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
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Nevada Bumble Bee
Bombus nevadensis
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Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee
Bombus bifarius
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Monk Longhorn
Eucera frater
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Osmia brevis
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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee
Bombus vosnesenskii
on lupines