What Date Palm supports

8 native animals
supported in the US

2 caterpillars 3 food 2 flowers 1 shelter

Caterpillars All

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

• Navel Orangeworm Moth Amyelois transitella
• Palm Leaf Skeletonizer Moth Homaledra sabalella

Plant eaters All

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

• Eastern Fox Squirrel Sciurus niger
• Florida Red Scale Chrysomphalus aonidum
• Southern Root-knot Nematode Meloidogyne incognita

Flower visitors All

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

• Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
• Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata

Sheltered animals All

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

• Merchant Grain Beetle Oryzaephilus mercator