What Wax Currant supports
130
native animals
supported in the US
44
caterpillars
1
bees
4
hosts
10
food
71
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
44 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Western Tent Caterpillar Moth
Malacosoma californica
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Hoary Comma
Polygonia gracilis
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Tailed Copper
Tharsalea arota
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Nuttall's Sheep Moth
Hemileuca nuttalli
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Sulphur Moth
Hesperumia sulphuraria
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Gelechia ribesella
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Cecropia Moth
Hyalophora cecropia
on currant
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Dusky Leafroller Moth
Orthotaenia undulana
on currant
Specialist bees All
1 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
Hosted animals All
4 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
10 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Colladonus flavocapitatus
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Brown Bear
Ursus arctos
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American Robin
Turdus migratorius
on currant
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Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialis
on currant
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Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
on currant
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Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatus
on currant
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Pine Grosbeak
Pinicola enucleator
on currant
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Red-eyed Vireo
Vireo olivaceus
on currant
Flower visitors All
71 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Great Basin Bumble Bee
Bombus centralis
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Hunt's Bumble Bee
Bombus huntii
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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee
Bombus vosnesenskii
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Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee
Bombus bifarius
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Pacific Digger Bee
Anthophora pacifica
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Habropoda cineraria
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Prunus Miner Bee
Andrena prunorum
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Eucera fulvitarsis