What Sitka Spruce supports
106
native animals
supported in the US
83
caterpillars
3
hosts
18
food
2
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
83 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Pine White
Neophasia menapia
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Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth Malacosoma disstria
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Small Engrailed
Ectropis crepuscularia
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Rusty Tussock Moth
Orgyia antiqua
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Mottled Gray Carpet Cladara limitaria
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Gray Spruce Looper Moth
Caripeta divisata
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Brown Angle Shades
Phlogophora periculosa
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Pine Tube Moth
Argyrotaenia pinatubana
Hosted animals All
3 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
18 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Eastern Gray Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
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Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostra
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Douglas's Squirrel
Tamiasciurus douglasii
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Chinook Salmon
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
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Pineapple-gall Adelgid Adelges abietis
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Douglas Fir Adelgid
Adelges cooleyi
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Spruce Aphid Elatobium abietinum
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American Red Squirrel
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
on spruces
Flower visitors All
2 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.