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
24 native plants in Virginia. 6 not suggested for gardens
- American PlumPrunus americana
- Chickasaw PlumPrunus angustifolia
- ChokecherryPrunus virginiana var. virginiana
- Fire CherryPrunus pensylvanica
- Flowering DogwoodBenthamidia florida
- Silky DogwoodSwida amomum
- Alternate-leaf DogwoodSwida alternifolia
- Stiff DogwoodSwida foemina
- Gray DogwoodSwida racemosa
- Smooth BlackhawViburnum prunifolium
- Possumhaw ViburnumViburnum nudum
- Rusty BlackhawViburnum rufidulum
- Smooth Arrow WoodViburnum recognitum
- Southern ArrowwoodViburnum dentatum
- Witherod ViburnumViburnum cassinoides
- Downy ArrowwoodViburnum rafinesqueanum
- HobblebushViburnum lantanoides
- Mapleleaf ViburnumViburnum acerifolium
Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Canada Plum Prunus nigra Rare or protected plant
- Beach Plum Prunus maritima Rare or protected plant
- Round Leaf Dogwood Swida rugosa Rare or protected plant
- Silky Dogwood Swida obliqua Rare or protected plant
- Susquehanna Cherry Prunus susquehanae Rare or protected plant
- Nannyberry; Sheepberry; Nanny Berry; Sheep Berry Viburnum lentago Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
- American Robin 18 of these plants
- Cedar Waxwing 13 of these plants
- Hummingbird Clearwing 13 of these plants
- Eastern Bluebird 5 of these plants
- Northern Cardinal 5 of these plants
- Wood Thrush 5 of these plants
- Cecropia Moth 4 of these plants
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 4 of these plants
- Io Moth 4 of these plants
- Promethea Moth 4 of these plants
- Red-spotted Purple 4 of these plants
None of the other listed species.