What American Turkey Oak supports
479
native animals
supported in the US
285
caterpillars
74
hosts
92
food
28
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
285 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Banded Hairstreak
Satyrium calanus
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Striped Hairstreak
Satyrium liparops
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Coastal Barrens Buck Moth
Hemileuca maia
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Hyparpax perophoroides
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Rosy Maple Moth
Dryocampa rubicunda
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Imperial Moth
Eacles imperialis
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Carpenterworm Moth
Prionoxystus robiniae
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Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth
Datana ministra
Hosted animals All
74 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
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Oval Jewel Beetle
Brachys ovatus
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Anthaxia quercata
on oaks
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Woolly Catkin Gall Wasp
Callirhytis quercusoperator
on oaks
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Spurred Metallic Wood-borer
Chrysobothris dentipes
on oaks
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Flat-headed Hardwood Borer
Dicerca divaricata
on oaks
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Agrilaxia flavimana
on oaks
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Mastogenius subcyaneus
on oaks
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Oak Leaf Gall Midge
Polystepha pilulae
on north american red oaks
Plant eaters All
92 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Glassy-winged Sharpshooter
Homalodisca vitripennis
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Oak Treehopper
Platycotis vittata
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Camel Treehopper
Smilia camelus
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Xantholobus muticus
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Similar Dog-day Cicada
Neotibicen similaris
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Telonaca alta
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Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
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Cyrtolobus fenestratus
Flower visitors All
28 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Microcentrus perditus
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Cyrtolobus funkhouseri
on oaks
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Ophiderma flavicephala
on oaks
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Cyrtolobus togatus
on oaks
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Ophiderma definitum
on oaks
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Cyrtolobus celsus
on north american red oaks
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Mourning Cloak
Nymphalis antiopa
on oaks
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Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
on oaks