What Blue Spruce supports
129
native animals
supported in the US
95
caterpillars
4
hosts
27
food
3
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
95 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Orange Spruce Needleminer
Coleotechnites piceaella
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Spruce Budworm Moth
Choristoneura fumiferana
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Jack Pine Budworm Moth
Choristoneura pinus
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Eastern Black-headed Budworm Moth
Acleris variana
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Red-striped Needleworm Moth
Epinotia radicana
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Grizzled Tussock Moth
Dasychira grisefacta
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Epinotia normanana
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Cydia youngana
Hosted animals All
4 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
27 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Spruce Spider Mite
Oligonychus ununguis
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Citrus Flatid Planthopper
Metcalfa pruinosa
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Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostra
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American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis
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Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
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Tufted Titmouse
Baeolophus bicolor
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Red-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta canadensis
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Douglas Fir Adelgid
Adelges cooleyi
Flower visitors All
3 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.