What Norway Spruce supports

87 native animals
supported in the US

29 caterpillars 1 hosts 48 food 4 flowers 5 shelter

Caterpillars All

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

• Rusty Tussock Moth Orgyia antiqua
• Small Engrailed Ectropis crepuscularia
• Northern Pine Tussock Moth Dasychira plagiata
• Pitch Mass Borer Moth Synanthedon pini
• Spruce Budworm Moth Choristoneura fumiferana
• False Hemlock Looper Moth Nepytia canosaria
• Eastern Black-headed Budworm Moth Acleris variana
• Brown Pine Looper Moth Caripeta angustiorata

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Hosted animals All

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

• Striped Ambrosia Beetle Trypodendron lineatum

Plant eaters All

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

• Pineapple-gall Adelgid Adelges abietis
• Spruce Spider Mite Oligonychus ununguis
• Pinecone Bug Gastrodes grossipes
• Spruce Aphid Elatobium abietinum
• Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
• Larch Woolly Aphid Adelges laricis
• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
• Common Raven Corvus corax

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Flower visitors All

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

• Red Mason Bee Osmia bicornis
• Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
• Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
• Green Long-jawed Orbweaver Tetragnatha viridis

Sheltered animals All

5 native animals that nest or roost in it, most recorded first.

• Northern Hoary Bat Lasiurus cinereus
• Yellow Garden Spider Argiope aurantia
• Eastern Red Bat Lasiurus borealis
• Silvanus bidentatus
• Rove Beetle Homalota plana