What Spiny Phlox supports

51 native animals
supported in the US

2 caterpillars 2 food 47 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

• Olive Arches Moth Lacinipolia olivacea on phloxes
• Euxoa infausta on phloxes

Plant eaters All

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

• Brown-spotted Range Grasshopper Psoloessa delicatula
• Greater Sage-Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus on phloxes

Flower visitors All

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

• Painted Lady Vanessa cardui
• Eucera fulvitarsis
• Anise Swallowtail Papilio zelicaon
• Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus
• Silvery Blue Glaucopsyche lygdamus
• Hunt's Bumble Bee Bombus huntii
• Juniper Hairstreak Callophrys gryneus
• Western White Pontia occidentalis

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