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
22 native plants in Mississippi. 2 not suggested for gardens
- Smooth SumacRhus glabra
- Winged SumacRhus copallinum
- Rhus copallinum var. leucanthaRhus copallinum var. leucantha
- Staghorn SumacRhus typhina
- 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
- Sand HickoryCarya pallida
- Shagbark HickoryCarya ovata
- Southern Shagbark HickoryCarya carolinae-septentrionalis
- Water HickoryCarya aquatica
- Black HickoryCarya texana
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Black WalnutJuglans nigra
Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Shellbark Hickory Carya laciniosa Rare or protected plant
- Butternut Juglans cinerea Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
- Luna Moth 20 of these plants
- Banded Hairstreak 12 of these plants
- Polyphemus Moth 11 of these plants
- Eastern Bluebird 7 of these plants
- American Robin 6 of these plants
- Imperial Moth 1 of these plants
- Promethea Moth 1 of these plants
None of the other listed species.