What Pussy Willow supports
658
native animals
supported in the US
400
caterpillars
10
bees
28
hosts
83
food
137
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
400 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Mourning Cloak
Nymphalis antiopa
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Subdued Quaker
Orthosia revicta
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Willow Dart
Cerastis salicarum
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Plush-naped Pinion
Lithophane pexata
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False Pinion Moth
Litholomia napaea
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Hoary Pinion
Lithophane fagina
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Viceroy
Limenitis archippus
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Cecropia Moth
Hyalophora cecropia
Specialist bees All
10 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Clark's Mining Bee
Andrena clarkella
Pollen specialist on Salix
on willows
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Frigid Mining Bee
Andrena frigida
Pollen specialist on Salix
on willows
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Red-tailed Mining Bee
Andrena erythrogaster
Pollen specialist on Salix
on willows
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Wellesley Miner Bee
Andrena wellesleyana
Pollen specialist on Salix
on willows
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Andrena nida
Pollen specialist on Salix
on willows
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Maria Miner Bee
Andrena mariae
Pollen specialist on Salix
on willows
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Colourful Willow Miner Bee
Andrena andrenoides
Pollen specialist on Salix
on willows
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Sandbar Willow Fairy Bee
Perdita maculigera
Pollen specialist on Salix
on willows
Hosted animals All
28 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
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Willow Pinecone Gall Midge
Rabdophaga strobiloides
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Euura salicispomum
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Willow Apple Gall Sawfly
Euura californica
on willows
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Orange-banded Jewel Beetle
Buprestis fasciata
on willows
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Willow Rosette Gall Midge
Rabdophaga salicisbrassicoides
on willows
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Flat-headed Poplar Borer
Dicerca tenebrica
on willows
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Anthaxia viridifrons
on willows
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Eastern Poplar Buprestid Beetle
Poecilonota cyanipes
on willows
Plant eaters All
83 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Cottonwood Leaf Beetle
Chrysomela scripta
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Clay-colored Leaf Beetle
Anomoea laticlavia
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Dusky-banded Leafwalker
Chalcosyrphus nemorum
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Venus Cryptocephalus
Cryptocephalus venustus
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Caribou
Rangifer tarandus
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Willow Bead Gall Mite
Aculus tetanothrix
on willows
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White-tailed Ptarmigan
Lagopus leucura
on willows
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Ruffed Grouse
Bonasa umbellus
on willows
Flower visitors All
137 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Unequal Cellophane Bee
Colletes inaequalis
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Tricolored Bumble Bee
Bombus ternarius
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Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Bombus bimaculatus
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Black-shouldered Drone Fly
Eristalis dimidiata
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Neighborly Mining Bee
Andrena vicina
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Miserable Mining Bee
Andrena miserabilis
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Northern Paper Wasp
Polistes fuscatus
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Yellow-banded Bumble Bee
Bombus terricola