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
18 native plants in Virginia. 2 not suggested for gardens
- Smooth SumacRhus glabra
- Eastern Winged SumacRhus copallinum var. latifolia
- Staghorn SumacRhus typhina
- Fragrant Sumac; Squawbush; Squaw BushRhus aromatica var. aromatica
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- Bitternut HickoryCarya cordiformis
- Mockernut HickoryCarya tomentosa
- Pignut HickoryCarya glabra
- Red HickoryCarya ovalis
- Sand HickoryCarya pallida
- Shagbark HickoryCarya ovata
- Water HickoryCarya aquatica
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Black WalnutJuglans nigra
- ButternutJuglans cinerea
Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Michaux's Sumac Rhus michauxii Federally endangered
- Southern Shagbark Hickory Carya carolinae-septentrionalis Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
- Luna Moth 16 of these plants
- Banded Hairstreak 9 of these plants
- Polyphemus Moth 7 of these plants
- Eastern Bluebird 6 of these plants
- American Robin 5 of these plants
- Imperial Moth 1 of these plants
- Promethea Moth 1 of these plants
None of the other listed species.