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
17 native plants in Virginia. 2 not suggested for gardens
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Common MilkweedAsclepias syriaca
- Swamp MilkweedAsclepias incarnata
- Purple MilkweedAsclepias purpurascens
- Clasping MilkweedAsclepias amplexicaulis
- Fewflower MilkweedAsclepias lanceolata
- Fourleaf MilkweedAsclepias quadrifolia
- Green MilkweedAsclepias viridiflora
- Poke MilkweedAsclepias exaltata
- White MilkweedAsclepias variegata
- HoneyvineCynanchum laeve
- Climbing MilkvineMatelea obliqua
- Deceptive Spinypod; Deceptive Spiny PodMatelea decipiens
- Eastern Angle PodGonolobus suberosus var. suberosus
- Maroon Carolina MilkvineMatelea carolinensis
Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Longleaf Milkweed Asclepias longifolia Rare or protected plant
- Red Milkweed Asclepias rubra Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
None of the other listed species.