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What Blackthorn supports

86 native animals
supported in the US
33 caterpillars 32 food 21 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

  • Cherry Ermine Yponomeuta padella
  • Rusty Tussock Moth Orgyia antiqua
  • Soothsayer Dart Graphiphora augur
  • Great Brocade Eurois occulta
  • Holly Tortrix Rhopobota naevana
  • Blackthorn Blister Moth Lyonetia prunifoliella
  • Ruby Tiger Moth Phragmatobia fuliginosa
  • Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum
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Plant eaters All

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

  • Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
  • Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
  • Common Raven Corvus corax
  • Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
  • Redpoll Acanthis flammea
  • Mealy Plum Aphid Hyalopterus pruni
  • Waterlily Aphid Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae
  • Plum-thistle Aphid Brachycaudus cardui
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Flower visitors All

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

  • Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
  • Golden Dung Fly Scathophaga stercoraria
  • Common Flower Fly Syrphus ribesii
  • Greater Bee Fly Bombylius major
  • Hairy-eyed Flower Fly Syrphus torvus
  • Buttercup Blacklet Cheilosia albitarsis
  • Red Mason Bee Osmia bicornis
  • Variable Duskyface Fly Melanostoma mellinum
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