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 Louisiana. 1 not suggested for gardens
- Smooth SumacRhus glabra
- Winged SumacRhus copallinum
- Eastern Winged SumacRhus copallinum var. latifolia
- Fragrant SumacRhus aromatica
- Fragrant Sumac; Squawbush; Squaw BushRhus aromatica var. aromatica
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- Bitternut HickoryCarya cordiformis
- Mockernut HickoryCarya tomentosa
- Nutmeg HickoryCarya myristiciformis
- PecanCarya illinoinensis
- Pignut HickoryCarya glabra
- Red HickoryCarya ovalis
- Shagbark HickoryCarya ovata
- Water HickoryCarya aquatica
- River BirchBetula nigra
- Black HickoryCarya texana
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Black WalnutJuglans nigra
Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Sand Hickory Carya pallida Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
- Regal Moth 17 of these plants
- Banded Hairstreak 10 of these plants
- Polyphemus Moth 10 of these plants
- Eastern Bluebird 6 of these plants
- American Robin 5 of these plants
- Cecropia Moth 1 of these plants
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1 of these plants
- Imperial Moth 1 of these plants
- Mourning Cloak 1 of these plants
- Promethea Moth 1 of these plants
None of the other listed species.