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  4. Dicots
  5. Roses, Elms, Figs, and Allies
  6. Fig Family
  7. Mulberries
  8. Red Mulberry
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What Red Mulberry supports

28 native animals
supported in the US
5 caterpillars 2 hosts 18 food 2 flowers 1 shelter

Caterpillars All

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

  • Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa
  • Fall Webworm Moth Hyphantria cunea
  • Mulberry Leaftier Glyphodes sibillalis
  • Lesser Mulberry Snout Glyphodes pyloalis on mulberries
  • Many-banded Daggerwing Marpesia chiron on mulberries

Hosted animals All

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

  • Painted Hickory Borer Megacyllene caryae on mulberries
  • Red-shouldered Bostrichid Xylobiops basilaris on mulberries

Plant eaters All

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

  • Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
  • Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
  • White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
  • Indian Cotton Jassid Amrasca biguttula on mulberries
  • Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis on mulberries
  • American Robin Turdus migratorius on mulberries
  • Common Box Turtle Terrapene carolina on mulberries
  • Green Cone-headed Planthopper Acanalonia conica on mulberries
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Flower visitors All

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

  • Hebetica sylviae on mulberries
  • Tortistilus abnorma on mulberries

Sheltered animals All

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

  • Eastern Red Bat Lasiurus borealis

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