What Water Fern supports

6 native animals
supported in the US

2 caterpillars 1 hosts 1 food 2 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

• Waterlily Leafcutter Moth Elophila obliteralis
• Salvinia Stem Borer Moth Samea multiplicalis on mosquito ferns

Hosted animals All

1 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.

• Azolla Weevil Stenopelmus rufinasus on mosquito ferns

Plant eaters All

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

• Waterlily Aphid Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae

Flower visitors All

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

• Wood Duck Aix sponsa
• Gadwall Mareca strepera