What Carolina Holly supports
50
native animals
supported in the US
10
caterpillars
3
bees
3
hosts
9
food
25
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
10 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Maple Spanworm Moth
Ennomos magnaria
on hollies
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Pawpaw Sphinx
Dolba hyloeus
on hollies
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Harris's Three-Spot
Harrisimemna trisignata
on hollies
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Zigzag Herpetogramma Moth
Herpetogramma thestealis
on hollies
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Scallop Moth
Cepphis armataria
on hollies
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Henry's Elfin
Callophrys henrici
on hollies
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Black-dotted Ruddy Moth
Ilexia intractata
on hollies
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Winterberry Moth
Rhopobota dietziana
on hollies
Specialist bees All
3 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
Hosted animals All
3 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
9 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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American Robin
Turdus migratorius
on hollies
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Citrus Flatid Planthopper
Metcalfa pruinosa
on hollies
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Glassy-winged Sharpshooter
Homalodisca vitripennis
on hollies
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Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialis
on hollies
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Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatus
on hollies
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Guinea Paper Wasp
Polistes exclamans
on hollies
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Ruffed Grouse
Bonasa umbellus
on hollies
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Broad-headed Sharpshooter
Oncometopia orbona
on hollies
Flower visitors All
25 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Perennial Mason Wasp
Parancistrocerus perennis
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Emerald Flower Scarab
Trichiotinus lunulatus
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Yellow-thighed Thick-leg Fly
Tropidia albistylum
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Unequal Cellophane Bee
Colletes inaequalis
on hollies
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
on hollies
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Barbara's Mining Bee
Andrena barbara
on hollies
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Eastern Yellowjacket
Vespula maculifrons
on hollies
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
on hollies