What Meadow Willow supports
621
native animals
supported in the US
381
caterpillars
10
bees
23
hosts
80
food
127
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
381 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Herald Moth
Scoliopteryx libatrix
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Black-rimmed Prominent
Pheosia rimosa
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Colorful Zale Moth
Zale minerea
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Willow Leafcone Caterpillar Moth
Caloptilia stigmatella
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Stormy Arches
Polia nimbosa
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Gray Dagger
Acronicta grisea
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Dappled Dart
Anaplectoides pressus
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Western Furcula Moth
Furcula occidentalis
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
23 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
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Willow Beaked-gall Midge
Rabdophaga rigidae
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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 Pinecone Gall Midge
Rabdophaga strobiloides
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
80 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Venus Cryptocephalus
Cryptocephalus venustus
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Erythroneura rosa
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Willow Bead Gall Mite
Aculus tetanothrix
on willows
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Ruffed Grouse
Bonasa umbellus
on willows
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Small Willow Aphid
Aphis farinosa
on willows
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Bushtit
Psaltriparus minimus
on willows
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Common Lacehopper
Cixius nervosus
on willows
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Small Poplar Borer
Saperda populnea
on willows
Flower visitors All
127 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Blackjacket
Vespula consobrina
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Unequal Cellophane Bee
Colletes inaequalis
on willows
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Tricolored Bumble Bee
Bombus ternarius
on willows
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Orange-legged Miner Bee
Andrena hippotes
on willows
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Yellow-banded Bumble Bee
Bombus terricola
on willows
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
on willows
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Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Bombus bimaculatus
on willows
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Dunning's Miner
Andrena dunningi
on willows