What American White Waterlily supports
36
native animals
supported in the US
10
caterpillars
1
bees
15
food
10
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
10 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Waterlily Borer Moth
Elophila gyralis
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Polymorphic Pondweed Moth
Parapoynx maculalis
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Watermilfoil Leafcutter Moth
Parapoynx allionealis
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Black Langessa Moth
Langessa nomophilalis
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Pondside Crambid Moth
Elophila icciusalis
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Chestnut-marked Pondweed Moth
Parapoynx badiusalis
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Obscure Pondweed Moth
Parapoynx obscuralis
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Floating-heart Waterlily Moth
Parapoynx seminealis
Specialist bees All
1 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
15 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Mottled Duck
Anas fulvigula
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Wood Duck
Aix sponsa
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Bagous americanus
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Common Gallinule
Gallinula galeata
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Ring-necked Duck
Aythya collaris
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Spotted Pink Lady Beetle
Coleomegilla maculata
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Purple Gallinule
Porphyrio martinica
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Waterlily Leaf Beetle
Galerucella nymphaeae
Flower visitors All
10 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
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Schwarz's Masked Bee
Hylaeus schwarzii
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Fall Webworm Moth
Hyphantria cunea
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Eastern Calligrapher
Toxomerus geminatus
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Orange-backed Calligrapher
Toxomerus jussiaeae
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Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee
Agapostemon virescens
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Perplexing Bumble Bee
Bombus perplexus
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Yellow-banded Bumble Bee
Bombus terricola