What Weeping Willow supports
99
native animals
supported in the US
45
caterpillars
3
hosts
41
food
10
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
45 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Mourning Cloak
Nymphalis antiopa
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Viceroy
Limenitis archippus
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Western Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio rutulus
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Small Engrailed
Ectropis crepuscularia
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Willow Leaf Blotch Miner Moth
Micrurapteryx salicifoliella
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Phyllonorycter scudderella
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Fall Webworm Moth
Hyphantria cunea
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Ceanothus Silk Moth
Hyalophora euryalus
Hosted animals All
3 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
41 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Rock Ptarmigan
Lagopus muta
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Poplar-and-Willow Borer
Cryptorhynchus lapathi
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Small Willow Aphid
Aphis farinosa
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Black Willow Bark Aphid Pterocomma salicis
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Buffalo Treehopper
Stictocephala bisonia
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Spotted Plant Bug
Closterotomus fulvomaculatus
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Black-kneed Capsid
Blepharidopterus angulatus
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Tachyerges salicis
Flower visitors All
10 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Clark's Mining Bee
Andrena clarkella
Pollen specialist on Salix
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Red Mason Bee
Osmia bicornis
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
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Red Admiral
Vanessa atalanta
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Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Bombus bimaculatus
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Greater Bee Fly
Bombylius major
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Cryptic Bumble Bee
Bombus cryptarum
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Blackbottle
Protophormia terraenovae