What Oglethorpe Oak supports
428
native animals
supported in the US
258
caterpillars
66
hosts
79
food
25
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
258 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth
Malacosoma disstria
on oaks
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Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Malacosoma americana
on oaks
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Carpenterworm Moth
Prionoxystus robiniae
on oaks
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Cecropia Moth
Hyalophora cecropia
on oaks
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Polyphemus Moth
Antheraea polyphemus
on oaks
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Waved Sphinx
Ceratomia undulosa
on oaks
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Fall Webworm Moth
Hyphantria cunea
on oaks
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Maple Spanworm Moth
Ennomos magnaria
on oaks
Hosted animals All
66 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
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Neuroterus vesicula
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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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Round Bullet Gall Wasp
Disholcaspis quercusglobulus
on oaks
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Agrilaxia flavimana
on oaks
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Mastogenius subcyaneus
on oaks
Plant eaters All
79 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Eastern Fox Squirrel
Sciurus niger
on oaks
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Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
on oaks
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Sandhill Crane
Antigone canadensis
on oaks
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Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
on oaks
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Eastern Gray Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
on oaks
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American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
on oaks
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Alebra aurea
on oaks
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White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiatica
on oaks
Flower visitors All
25 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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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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Microcentrus perditus
on oaks
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Glossonotus acuminatus
on oaks
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Mourning Cloak
Nymphalis antiopa
on oaks
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Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
on oaks