What Prairie Willow supports
600
native animals
supported in the US
344
caterpillars
10
bees
23
hosts
77
food
146
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
344 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Striped Garden Caterpillar Moth
Trichordestra legitima
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Polyphemus Moth
Antheraea polyphemus
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Cecropia Moth
Hyalophora cecropia
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Herald Moth
Scoliopteryx libatrix
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Green Comma
Polygonia faunus
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Persius Duskywing
Erynnis persius
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Small Gypsonoma Moth
Gypsonoma salicicolana
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Coastal Barrens Buck Moth
Hemileuca maia
Specialist bees All
10 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Clark's Mining Bee
Andrena clarkella
Pollen specialist on Salix
on willows
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Frigid Mining Bee
Andrena frigida
Pollen specialist on Salix
on willows
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Red-tailed Mining Bee
Andrena erythrogaster
Pollen specialist on Salix
on willows
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Wellesley Miner Bee
Andrena wellesleyana
Pollen specialist on Salix
on willows
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Andrena nida
Pollen specialist on Salix
on willows
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Maria Miner Bee
Andrena mariae
Pollen specialist on Salix
on willows
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Colourful Willow Miner Bee
Andrena andrenoides
Pollen specialist on Salix
on willows
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Sandbar Willow Fairy Bee
Perdita maculigera
Pollen specialist on Salix
on willows
Hosted animals All
23 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
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Orange-banded Jewel Beetle
Buprestis fasciata
on willows
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Willow Pinecone Gall Midge
Rabdophaga strobiloides
on willows
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Willow Rosette Gall Midge
Rabdophaga salicisbrassicoides
on willows
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Flat-headed Poplar Borer
Dicerca tenebrica
on willows
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Anthaxia viridifrons
on willows
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Eastern Poplar Buprestid Beetle
Poecilonota cyanipes
on willows
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Willow Redgall Sawfly
Euura proxima
on willows
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Flat-headed Hardwood Borer
Dicerca divaricata
on willows
Plant eaters All
77 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Bold Jumping Spider
Phidippus audax
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Cottonwood Leaf Beetle
Chrysomela scripta
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Tachyerges ephippiatus
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Erythroneura rosa
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Willow Bead Gall Mite
Aculus tetanothrix
on willows
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Ruffed Grouse
Bonasa umbellus
on willows
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Small Willow Aphid
Aphis farinosa
on willows
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Common Lacehopper
Cixius nervosus
on willows
Flower visitors All
146 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Carlin's Mining Bee
Andrena carlini
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Rugose Mining Bee
Andrena rugosa
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Unequal Cellophane Bee
Colletes inaequalis
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Blue Orchard Bee
Osmia lignaria
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Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Bombus bimaculatus
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Eastern Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa virginica
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Neighborly Mining Bee
Andrena vicina
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Andrena fenningeri