What Common Blue Lettuce supports
39
native animals
supported in the US
22
caterpillars
1
bees
2
hosts
4
food
10
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
22 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Virginian Tiger Moth
Spilosoma virginica
on wild lettuces
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Salt Marsh Moth
Estigmene acrea
on wild lettuces
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Celery Leaftier Moth
Udea rubigalis
on wild lettuces
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Bristly Cutworm Moth
Lacinipolia renigera
on wild lettuces
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Nutmeg Moth
Anarta trifolii
on wild lettuces
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Cabbage Looper Moth
Trichoplusia ni
on wild lettuces
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Pale Phalaenostola Moth
Phalaenostola metonalis
on wild lettuces
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Fall Webworm Moth
Hyphantria cunea
on wild lettuces
Specialist bees All
1 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
Hosted animals All
2 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
4 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
10 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Pigmented Miner Bee
Andrena chromotricha
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum and Helianthus
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Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee
Agapostemon virescens
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Wide-striped Sweat Bee
Halictus farinosus
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Prickly Ceratina
Ceratina acantha
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
on wild lettuces
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Ligated Furrow Bee
Halictus ligatus
on wild lettuces
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Broad-handed Leafcutter Bee
Megachile latimanus
on wild lettuces
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Silver-tailed Petalcutter
Megachile montivaga
on wild lettuces