What Slash Pine supports
120
native animals
supported in the US
75
caterpillars
3
hosts
36
food
4
flowers
2
shelter
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
75 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Subtropical Pine Tip Moth Rhyacionia subtropica
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Pine Webworm Moth
Pococera robustella
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Southern Pine Coneworm Moth
Dioryctria amatella
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Nantucket Pine Tip Moth
Rhyacionia frustrana
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Slash Pine Seedworm Moth
Cydia anaranjada
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Pine-devil Moth
Citheronia sepulcralis
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Blister Coneworm Moth
Dioryctria clarioralis
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Lined Melanocinclis Moth
Melanocinclis lineigera
Hosted animals All
3 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
36 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Resonant Cicada
Megatibicen resonans
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Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
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Brown-headed Nuthatch
Sitta pusilla
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Pine Spittlebug
Aphrophora cribrata
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Pine Scurfy Scale
Chionaspis heterophyllae
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Neodiprion merkeli
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Eastern Fox Squirrel
Sciurus niger
on pines
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Pine Needle Aphid
Eulachnus rileyi
on pines
Flower visitors All
4 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
Sheltered animals All
2 native animals that nest or roost in it, most recorded first.