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What Cherry-plum supports

66 native animals
supported in the US
26 caterpillars 28 food 12 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

  • Cherry Ermine Yponomeuta padella
  • Small Engrailed Ectropis crepuscularia
  • Rusty Tussock Moth Orgyia antiqua
  • Tufted Bird-dropping Moth Cerma cerintha
  • Holly Tortrix Rhopobota naevana
  • Ferruginous Eulia Moth Eulia ministrana
  • Apple-and-Plum Casebearer Moth Coleophora spinella
  • Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa
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Plant eaters All

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

  • Mealy Plum Aphid Hyalopterus pruni
  • Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
  • Common Raven Corvus corax
  • Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
  • Redpoll Acanthis flammea
  • Waterlily Aphid Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae
  • Bird Cherry-oat Aphid Rhopalosiphum padi
  • Plum-thistle Aphid Brachycaudus cardui
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Flower visitors All

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

  • Greater Bee Fly Bombylius major
  • Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
  • Red Mason Bee Osmia bicornis
  • House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
  • Yellow-faced Bumble Bee Bombus vosnesenskii
  • Eastern Comma Polygonia comma
  • Orange-legged Furrow Bee Halictus rubicundus
  • Variable Duskyface Fly Melanostoma mellinum
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