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  3. Vascular Plants
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  8. Dog Violets
  9. Appalachian Violet
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What Appalachian Violet supports

47 native animals
supported in the US
4 caterpillars 2 hosts 3 food 38 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

  • Beggar Moth Eubaphe mendica on violets
  • Atlantis Fritillary Argynnis atlantis on violets
  • Waterlily Leafcutter Moth Elophila obliteralis on violets
  • Meadow Fritillary Boloria bellona on violets

Hosted animals All

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

  • Liriomyza violivora on violets
  • Violet Leafmining Sawfly Nefusa ambigua on violets

Plant eaters All

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

  • Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus on violets
  • Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo on violets
  • Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus on violets

Flower visitors All

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

  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee Bombus bimaculatus on violets
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens on violets
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee Bombus griseocollis on violets
  • Greater Bee Fly Bombylius major on violets
  • Golden Northern Bumble Bee Bombus fervidus on violets
  • Bufflehead Mason Bee Osmia bucephala on violets
  • Confusing Furrow Bee Halictus confusus on violets
  • Falcate Orangetip Anthocharis midea on violets
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