What Least Willow supports
402
native animals
supported in the US
245
caterpillars
3
bees
10
hosts
67
food
77
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
245 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Mourning Cloak
Nymphalis antiopa
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Fall Webworm Moth
Hyphantria cunea
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Willow Leafcone Caterpillar Moth
Caloptilia stigmatella
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Hornet Moth
Sesia apiformis
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Dusky Leafroller Moth
Orthotaenia undulana
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Northern Finned Prominent
Notodonta torva
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Ferruginous Eulia Moth
Eulia ministrana
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Suspected Moth
Parastichtis suspecta
Specialist bees All
3 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
Hosted animals All
10 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
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Willow Pinecone Gall Midge
Rabdophaga strobiloides
on willows
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Flat-headed Poplar Borer
Dicerca tenebrica
on willows
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Willow Redgall Sawfly
Euura proxima
on willows
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Flat-headed Hardwood Borer
Dicerca divaricata
on willows
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Willow Beaked-gall Midge
Rabdophaga rigidae
on willows
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Willow Leaf Gall Midge
Iteomyia salicisverruca
on willows
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Common Willow Calligrapher Beetle
Calligrapha multipunctata
on willows
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Rabdophaga salicisgnaphalioides
on willows
Plant eaters All
67 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Rock Ptarmigan
Lagopus muta
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Small Willow Aphid
Aphis farinosa
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Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
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Common Raven
Corvus corax
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Eurasian Jackdaw
Coloeus monedula
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Redpoll
Acanthis flammea
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Poplar-and-Willow Borer
Cryptorhynchus lapathi
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Spotted Plant Bug
Closterotomus fulvomaculatus
Flower visitors All
77 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Red Mason Bee
Osmia bicornis
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Red Admiral
Vanessa atalanta
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Greater Bee Fly
Bombylius major
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Cryptic Bumble Bee
Bombus cryptarum
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Blackbottle
Protophormia terraenovae
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Unequal Cellophane Bee
Colletes inaequalis
on willows
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Tricolored Bumble Bee
Bombus ternarius
on willows
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Orange-legged Miner Bee
Andrena hippotes
on willows