What Slippery Elm supports
160
native animals
supported in the US
67
caterpillars
5
hosts
63
food
23
flowers
2
shelter
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
67 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Golden Elm Leafminer
Phyllonorycter argentinotella
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Mourning Cloak
Nymphalis antiopa
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Fall Webworm Moth
Hyphantria cunea
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Banded Tussock Moth
Halysidota tessellaris
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Question Mark
Polygonia interrogationis
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American Dagger
Acronicta americana
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White-marked Tussock Moth
Orgyia leucostigma
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Spotted Tussock Moth
Lophocampa maculata
Hosted animals All
5 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
63 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Rice Root Aphid
Tetraneura akinire
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Empoa vestita
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Ruffed Grouse
Bonasa umbellus
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Linne's Cicada
Neotibicen linnei
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Slippery Elm Gall Aphid
Kaltenbachiella ulmifusa
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Alebra aurea
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Eratoneura affinis
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Scaphoideus intricatus
Flower visitors All
23 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Maize Calligrapher
Toxomerus politus
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Noble Scoliid Wasp
Scolia nobilitata
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Eastern Hornet Fly
Spilomyia longicornis
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Carlin's Mining Bee
Andrena carlini
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Metacmaeops vittatus
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Oxybelus emarginatus
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Gorytes atricornis
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Composite Bare-Miner
Protandrena compositarum
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Bidens and 2 more
Sheltered animals All
2 native animals that nest or roost in it, most recorded first.