What Red Willow supports
403
native animals
supported in the US
242
caterpillars
2
bees
29
hosts
50
food
80
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
242 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Willow Leaf Blotch Miner Moth
Micrurapteryx salicifoliella
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Coptodisca saliciella
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Phyllonorycter salicifoliella
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Willow Leafcone Caterpillar Moth
Caloptilia stigmatella
on willows
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Carpenterworm Moth
Prionoxystus robiniae
on willows
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Mourning Cloak
Nymphalis antiopa
on willows
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Peppered Moth
Biston betularia
on willows
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Herald Moth
Scoliopteryx libatrix
on willows
Specialist bees All
2 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
Hosted animals All
29 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
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Pacific Flat-Headed Borer
Chrysobothris mali
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Willow Apple Gall Sawfly
Euura californica
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Willow Pinecone Gall Midge
Rabdophaga strobiloides
on willows
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Willow Rosette Gall Midge
Rabdophaga salicisbrassicoides
on willows
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Flat-headed Poplar Borer
Dicerca tenebrica
on willows
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Eastern Poplar Buprestid Beetle
Poecilonota cyanipes
on willows
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Willow Redgall Sawfly
Euura proxima
on willows
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Willow Beaked-gall Midge
Rabdophaga rigidae
on willows
Plant eaters All
50 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Western Red Willow Mite Aculus laevigatae
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Willow Bead Gall Mite
Aculus tetanothrix
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White-tailed Ptarmigan
Lagopus leucura
on willows
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Ruffed Grouse
Bonasa umbellus
on willows
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Small Willow Aphid
Aphis farinosa
on willows
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Bushtit
Psaltriparus minimus
on willows
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Common Lacehopper
Cixius nervosus
on willows
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Small Poplar Borer
Saperda populnea
on willows
Flower visitors All
80 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Brown Elfin
Callophrys augustinus
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Monarch
Danaus plexippus
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Lotus Hairstreak
Callophrys dumetorum
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Litocala Moth
Litocala sexsignata
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Macoupin County Miner Bee
Andrena macoupinensis
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Orange-legged Miner Bee
Andrena hippotes
on willows
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Black-tailed Bumble Bee
Bombus melanopygus
on willows
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Red Admiral
Vanessa atalanta
on willows