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
12 native plants in Virginia. 3 not suggested for gardens
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Coastal Plain WillowSalix caroliniana
- Dwarf Upland WillowSalix occidentalis
- Prairie WillowSalix humilis
- Silky WillowSalix sericea
- Heart Leaf WillowSalix eriocephala
- Bigtooth AspenPopulus grandidentata
- Swamp CottonwoodPopulus heterophylla
- Populus deltoides subsp. deltoidesPopulus deltoides subsp. deltoides
Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Pussy Willow Salix discolor Rare or protected plant
- Sandbar Willow Salix interior Rare or protected plant
- Quaking Aspen Populus tremuloides Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 9 of these plants
- Mourning Cloak 9 of these plants
- Red-spotted Purple 9 of these plants
- Cecropia Moth 6 of these plants
- Io Moth 6 of these plants
- Polyphemus Moth 6 of these plants
None of the other listed species.