Caterpillar host plants
Caterpillars eat the leaves of host plants; adults drink nectar from many flowers. Caterpillars also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening
19 native plants in Arkansas. 2 not suggested for gardens
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Prairie WillowSalix humilis
- Coastal Plain WillowSalix caroliniana
- Sandbar WillowSalix interior
- Silky WillowSalix sericea
- American ElmUlmus americana
- September ElmUlmus serotina
- Slippery ElmUlmus rubra
- Winged ElmUlmus alata
- Cedar ElmUlmus crassifolia
- River BirchBetula nigra
- Eastern CottonwoodPopulus deltoides
- Swamp CottonwoodPopulus heterophylla
- Common HackberryCeltis occidentalis
- Dwarf HackberryCeltis tenuifolia
- SugarberryCeltis laevigata
- Populus deltoides subsp. deltoidesPopulus deltoides subsp. deltoides
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Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Heart Leaf Willow Salix eriocephala Rare or protected plant
- Cork Elm Ulmus thomasii Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
- Polyphemus Moth 11 of these plants
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 9 of these plants
- Io Moth 8 of these plants
- Question Mark 8 of these plants
- Red-spotted Purple 8 of these plants
- Viceroy 8 of these plants
- Cecropia Moth 6 of these plants
- American Robin 3 of these plants
- Eastern Bluebird 3 of these plants
- Hackberry Emperor 3 of these plants
- Northern Cardinal 3 of these plants
- Luna Moth 1 of these plants
None of the other listed species.