What Turk's Cap supports
71
native animals
supported in the US
12
caterpillars
13
food
46
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
12 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Window-winged Moth
Meskea dyspteraria
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Io Moth
Automeris io
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Cotton Tipworm Moth
Crocidosema plebejana
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Glassy-winged Skipper
Xenophanes tryxus
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Turk's-cap White-Skipper
Heliopetes macaira
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Straight-lined Mallow Moth
Bagisara rectifascia
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Alana White-Skipper
Heliopetes alana
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Yellow Scallop Moth
Anomis erosa
Plant eaters All
13 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Pitted Mason Wasp
Euodynerus foraminatus
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Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
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Four-toothed Mason Wasp
Monobia quadridens
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Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbula
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
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Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
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Swainson's Thrush
Catharus ustulatus
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Clay-colored Thrush
Turdus grayi
Flower visitors All
46 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Gulf Fritillary
Dione vanillae
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Cloudless Sulphur
Phoebis sennae
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Strand's Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa strandi
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American Bumble Bee
Bombus pensylvanicus
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Monarch
Danaus plexippus
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
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Pipevine Swallowtail
Battus philenor
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Large Orange Sulphur
Phoebis agarithe