What Silver Fir supports

34 native animals
supported in the US

6 caterpillars 27 food 1 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

• Small Engrailed Ectropis crepuscularia
• Autumnal Moth Epirrita autumnata
• Rusty Tussock Moth Orgyia antiqua
• Spruce Budworm Moth Choristoneura fumiferana
• Eastern Black-headed Budworm Moth Acleris variana
• Douglas-fir Cone Moth Barbara colfaxiana

Plant eaters All

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

• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
• Common Raven Corvus corax
• Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
• Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis
• Redpoll Acanthis flammea
• Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
• Spruce Aphid Elatobium abietinum
• Violet Tanbark Beetle Callidium violaceum

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Flower visitors All

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

• Red Mason Bee Osmia bicornis