What Sponge Gourd supports

7 native animals
supported in the US

4 caterpillars 1 food 2 flowers

Caterpillars All

4 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.

• Cucumber Moth Diaphania indica
• Velvet Armyworm Moth Spodoptera latifascia
• Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth Spodoptera ornithogalli
• Fire-flag Plume Moth Sphenarches anisodactylus

Plant eaters All

1 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.

• Broad Mite Polyphagotarsonemus latus

Flower visitors All

2 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.

• Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens
• Spotted Cucumber Beetle Diabrotica undecimpunctata