What Velvetleaf Blueberry supports

250 native animals
supported in the US

148 caterpillars 9 bees 37 food 55 flowers 1 shelter

Caterpillars All

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

Specialist bees All

9 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.

Blueberry Digger Bee Habropoda laboriosa Pollen specialist on Vaccinium, Lupinus and Cercis on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
Bradley's Mining Bee Andrena bradleyi Pollen specialist on Vaccinium, Kalmia and Chamaedaphne on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
Blueberry Cellophane Bee Colletes validus Pollen specialist on Vaccinium and Arctostaphylos on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
Carolina Miner Bee Andrena carolina Pollen specialist on Vaccinium and Gaylussacia on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
Kalmia Miner Bee Andrena kalmiae Pollen specialist on Vaccinium, Kalmia and Lyonia on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
Deerberry Blunt-Horn Melitta eickworti Pollen specialist on Vaccinium on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
Colletes productus Pollen specialist on Vaccinium, Arctostaphylos, Phyllodoce and 3 more on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
Blueberry Blunt-horn Melitta americana Pollen specialist on Vaccinium on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies

Plant eaters All

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

Flower visitors All

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

Sheltered animals All

1 native animals that nest or roost in it, most recorded first.

Blueberry Stem Gall Wasp Hemadas nubilipennis on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies