What Deerberry supports

237 native animals
supported in the US

135 caterpillars 11 bees 1 hosts 38 food 51 flowers 1 shelter

Caterpillars All

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

• Snowberry Clearwing Hemaris diffinis
• Azalea Caterpillar Moth Datana major
• Drexel's Datana Moth Datana drexelii
• Broken-lined Zomaria Moth Zomaria interruptolineana
• Red-striped Fireworm Moth Aroga trialbamaculella
• Post-burn Datana Moth Datana ranaeceps
• Purple Arches Moth Polia purpurissata
• Triton Dagger Acronicta tritona

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Specialist bees All

11 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.

• Blueberry Digger Bee Habropoda laboriosa Pollen specialist on Vaccinium, Lupinus and Cercis on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
• Bradley's Mining Bee Andrena bradleyi Pollen specialist on Vaccinium, Kalmia and Chamaedaphne on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
• Blueberry Cellophane Bee Colletes validus Pollen specialist on Vaccinium and Arctostaphylos on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
• Carolina Miner Bee Andrena carolina Pollen specialist on Vaccinium and Gaylussacia on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
• Kalmia Miner Bee Andrena kalmiae Pollen specialist on Vaccinium, Kalmia and Lyonia on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
• Sandhills Cellophane Bee Colletes ultravalidus Pollen specialist on Vaccinium and Pieris on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
• Deerberry Blunt-Horn Melitta eickworti Pollen specialist on Vaccinium on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
• Colletes productus Pollen specialist on Vaccinium, Arctostaphylos, Phyllodoce and 3 more on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies

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Hosted animals All

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

• Oak Slug Sawfly Caliroa annulipes on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies

Plant eaters All

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

• Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
• Blueberry Leafhopper Scaphytopius magdalensis on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
• Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
• Scaphytopius fulvus on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
• American Robin Turdus migratorius on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
• Red Fox Vulpes vulpes on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
• Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies
• Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies

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Flower visitors All

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

• Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens
• Red-belted Bumble Bee Bombus rufocinctus
• Yellow-banded Bumble Bee Bombus terricola
• Black-and-yellow Nomad Bee Nomada luteoloides
• Leathery Sweat Bee Lasioglossum coriaceum
• Cherry Mining Bee Andrena pruni
• Dwarf Mason Bee Osmia pumila
• Western Green Sweat Bee Lasioglossum subviridatum

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Sheltered animals All

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

• Blueberry Stem Gall Wasp Hemadas nubilipennis on blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies