What Apache Pine supports

73 native animals
supported in the US

60 caterpillars 7 food 3 flowers 3 shelter

Caterpillars All

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

• Small Engrailed Ectropis crepuscularia
• Rusty Tussock Moth Orgyia antiqua
• Horned Spanworm Moth Nematocampa resistaria
• White-striped Black Trichodezia albovittata
• Gray Spruce Looper Moth Caripeta divisata
• Pine Measuringworm Moth Hypagyrtis piniata
• Western Carpet Melanolophia imitata
• Comstock's Sallow Feralia comstocki

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Plant eaters All

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

• Pine Needle Scale Chionaspis pinifoliae
• Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo on pines
• Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris on pines
• Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra on pines
• Oncometopia alpha on pines
• Chiricahua Sun-Singer Hadoa chiricahua on pines
• Philya ferruginosa on pines

Flower visitors All

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

• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius on pines
• Lesser Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris yerbabuenae on pines
• Long-tongued Bat Choeronycteris mexicana on pines

Sheltered animals All

3 native animals that nest or roost in it, most recorded first.

• Anastatus on pines
• Perilampus hyalinus on pines
• Eupelmus on pines