What Baldcypress supports
35
native animals
supported in the US
15
caterpillars
8
hosts
9
food
3
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
15 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Cypress Sphinx
Isoparce cupressi
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Imperial Moth
Eacles imperialis
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Cecropia Moth
Hyalophora cecropia
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Evergreen Bagworm Moth
Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis
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Southern Pine Coneworm Moth
Dioryctria amatella
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Angle-winged Emerald
Chloropteryx tepperaria
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Grizzled Tussock Moth
Dasychira grisefacta
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Fir Tussock Moth
Orgyia detrita
Hosted animals All
8 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
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Ornate Yellow-marked Buprestid
Acmaeodera ornata
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Cypress Twig Gall Midge
Taxodiomyia cupressiananassa
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Sculptured Pine Borer
Chalcophora virginiensis
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Six-marked Jewel Beetle
Chrysobothris sexsignata
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Buprestis maculipennis
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Actenodes auronotatus
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Cypress Flower Gall Midge
Taxodiomyia cupressi
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Ambrosia Beetle
Xyleborus ferrugineus
Plant eaters All
9 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Eastern Fox Squirrel
Sciurus niger
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Wood Duck
Aix sponsa
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Stictolobus minutus
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Eastern Gray Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
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Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
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Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
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Black Stem Borer
Xylosandrus germanus
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Cypress Weevil
Eudociminus mannerheimii
Flower visitors All
3 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.