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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Conifers
  5. Conifers
  6. Pine Family
  7. Hemlocks
  8. Mountain Hemlock
  9. Supports

What Mountain Hemlock supports

49 native animals
supported in the US
42 caterpillars 2 hosts 4 food 1 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

  • Spruce Budworm Moth Choristoneura fumiferana
  • Western Carpet Melanolophia imitata
  • Western Panthea Moth Panthea virginarius
  • The Joker Feralia jocosa
  • Small Pine Looper Moth Eupithecia palpata
  • Rusty Shoulder Knot Moth Aseptis binotata
  • Dyar's Looper Moth Gabriola dyari
  • Larch Pug Moth Eupithecia annulata
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Hosted animals All

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

  • Flatheaded Cone Borer Chrysophana placida
  • Trachykele nimbosa

Plant eaters All

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

  • White-spotted Sawyer Monochamus scutellatus on hemlocks
  • Red-shouldered Pine Borer Stictoleptura canadensis on hemlocks
  • Spruce Zebra Beetle Xylotrechus undulatus on hemlocks
  • Pygoleptura nigrella on hemlocks

Flower visitors All

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

  • Black-tailed Bumble Bee Bombus melanopygus

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