What Madeiran Ivy supports

60 native animals
supported in the US

2 caterpillars 12 food 46 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

• Many-banded Daggerwing Marpesia chiron
• Lesser Grapevine Looper Moth Eulithis diversilineata

Plant eaters All

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

• Ivy Aphid Aphis hederae
• Rhododendron Leafhopper Graphocephala fennahi
• Aplos simplex
• Hymetta balteata
• Compsomyiops callipes
• Citrus Flatid Planthopper Metcalfa pruinosa
• Orange-belted Leafwalker Xylota segnis
• Hornworm Tachinid Fly Archytas apicifer

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Flower visitors All

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

• Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
• Monarch Danaus plexippus
• Mexican Grass-carrying Wasp Isodontia mexicana
• Common Flower Fly Syrphus ribesii
• Lance Fly Lamprolonchaea smaragdi
• Bald-faced Hornet Dolichovespula maculata
• Eastern Yellowjacket Vespula maculifrons
• Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum

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