What Southern Highbush Blueberry supports
150
native animals
supported in the US
80
caterpillars
5
bees
27
food
37
flowers
1
shelter
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
80 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth
Malacosoma disstria
on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
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Setaceous Hebrew Character
Xestia c-nigrum
on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
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Celery Looper Moth
Anagrapha falcifera
on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
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Peppered Moth
Biston betularia
on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
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Banded Tussock Moth
Halysidota tessellaris
on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
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Small Engrailed
Ectropis crepuscularia
on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
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Curved-toothed Geometer Moth
Eutrapela clemataria
on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
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Oblique-banded Leafroller Moth
Choristoneura rosaceana
on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
Specialist bees All
5 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Blueberry Digger Bee
Habropoda laboriosa
Pollen specialist on Vaccinium, Lupinus and Cercis
on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
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Bradley's Mining Bee
Andrena bradleyi
Pollen specialist on Vaccinium, Kalmia and Chamaedaphne
on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
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Blueberry Cellophane Bee
Colletes validus
Pollen specialist on Vaccinium and Arctostaphylos
on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
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Sandhills Cellophane Bee
Colletes ultravalidus
Pollen specialist on Vaccinium and Pieris
on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
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Blueberry Blunt-horn
Melitta americana
Pollen specialist on Vaccinium
on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
Plant eaters All
27 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Blueberry Leafhopper
Scaphytopius magdalensis
on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
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Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalis
on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
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American Robin
Turdus migratorius
on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
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Red Fox
Vulpes vulpes
on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
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Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatus
on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
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Eastern Wood-Pewee
Contopus virens
on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
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Wood Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina
on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
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Veery
Catharus fuscescens
on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
Flower visitors All
37 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Black-tailed Bumble Bee
Bombus melanopygus
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
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Eastern Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa virginica
on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
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Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Bombus bimaculatus
on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
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Half-black Bumble Bee
Bombus vagans
on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
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Carlin's Mining Bee
Andrena carlini
on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
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Perplexing Bumble Bee
Bombus perplexus
on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
Sheltered animals All
1 native animals that nest or roost in it, most recorded first.
