What Canada Mint supports

135 native animals
supported in the US

13 caterpillars 2 hosts 5 food 115 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

• Hermit Sphinx Lintneria eremitus
• Celery Leaftier Moth Udea rubigalis on mints
• Verbena Bud Moth Endothenia hebesana on mints
• Raspberry Pyrausta Moth Pyrausta signatalis on mints
• Mint Root Borer Moth Fumibotys fumalis on mints
• Chestnut Pyrausta Pyrausta nicalis on mints
• Sociable Pyrausta Moth Pyrausta socialis on mints
• Soybean Looper Moth Chrysodeixis includens on mints

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Hosted animals All

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

• Calycomyza menthae
• Black-horned Tenthredo Tenthredo atra on mints

Plant eaters All

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

• Acmaeodera cazieri on mints
• Sphex lucae on mints
• Thomson's Groundbug Scolopostethus thomsoni on mints
• Macrosiagon cruenta on mints
• Physocephala texana on mints

Flower visitors All

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

• Western Tiger Swallowtail Papilio rutulus
• Mournful Duskywing Erynnis tristis
• Tricolored Bumble Bee Bombus ternarius
• Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee Bombus bifarius
• Woodland Skipper Ochlodes sylvanoides
• Least Skipper Ancyloxypha numitor
• California Pyrausta Moth Pyrausta californicalis
• Great Golden Digger Wasp Sphex ichneumoneus

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