What Swiss Pine supports

39 native animals
supported in the US

3 caterpillars 2 hosts 32 food 2 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

• Small Engrailed Ectropis crepuscularia
• Rusty Tussock Moth Orgyia antiqua
• Dusky Leafroller Moth Orthotaenia undulana

Hosted animals All

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

• Ribbed Pine Borer Rhagium inquisitor
• Rust Pine Borer Arhopalus rusticus

Plant eaters All

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

• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
• Common Raven Corvus corax
• Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
• Redpoll Acanthis flammea
• Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
• Pine Needle Aphid Eulachnus rileyi
• Violet Tanbark Beetle Callidium violaceum
• Pachyta lamed

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Flower visitors All

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

• Red Mason Bee Osmia bicornis
• Old World Swallowtail Papilio machaon