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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Aroids, Water Plantains, Seagrass, and Allies
  6. Pondweed Family
  7. Pondweeds
  8. Spiral Pondweed
  9. Supports

What Spiral Pondweed supports

18 native animals
supported in the US
4 caterpillars 14 food

Caterpillars All

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

  • Waterlily Leafcutter Moth Elophila obliteralis on pondweeds
  • Pondside Crambid Moth Elophila icciusalis on pondweeds
  • Obscure Pondweed Moth Parapoynx obscuralis on pondweeds
  • Floating-heart Waterlily Moth Parapoynx seminealis on pondweeds

Plant eaters All

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

  • Northern Pintail Anas acuta on pondweeds
  • Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis on pondweeds
  • Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula on pondweeds
  • Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris on pondweeds
  • Mallard Anas platyrhynchos on pondweeds
  • American Coot Fulica americana on pondweeds
  • Green-winged Teal Anas crecca on pondweeds
  • Wood Duck Aix sponsa on pondweeds
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