What Laurel Willow supports

110 native animals
supported in the US

33 caterpillars 1 hosts 40 food 36 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

• Herald Moth Scoliopteryx libatrix
• Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa
• Fall Webworm Moth Hyphantria cunea
• Willow Leafcone Caterpillar Moth Caloptilia stigmatella
• Hornet Moth Sesia apiformis
• Dusky Leafroller Moth Orthotaenia undulana
• Northern Finned Prominent Notodonta torva
• Ferruginous Eulia Moth Eulia ministrana

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Hosted animals All

1 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.

• Willow Redgall Sawfly Euura proxima

Plant eaters All

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

• Small Willow Aphid Aphis farinosa
• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
• Common Raven Corvus corax
• Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
• Redpoll Acanthis flammea
• Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta
• Poplar-and-Willow Borer Cryptorhynchus lapathi
• Black Willow Bark Aphid Pterocomma salicis

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Flower visitors All

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

• Variable Duskyface Fly Melanostoma mellinum
• Common Flower Fly Syrphus ribesii
• Orange-belted Leafwalker Xylota segnis
• Common Grass Skimmer Paragus haemorrhous
• Banded Thintail Meliscaeva cinctella
• Hairy-eyed Flower Fly Syrphus torvus
• Black-horned Smoothtail Epistrophe grossulariae
• Woolly-tailed Marsh Fly Helophilus hybridus

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