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  7. Peppers
  8. Tabasco Pepper
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What Tabasco Pepper supports

17 native animals
supported in the US
12 caterpillars 3 food 2 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

  • Southern Beet Webworm Moth Herpetogramma bipunctalis
  • Eggplant Webworm Moth Rhectocraspeda periusalis
  • Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth Spodoptera ornithogalli
  • Corn Earworm Moth Helicoverpa zea
  • Fall Armyworm Moth Spodoptera frugiperda
  • Omnivorous Platynota Moth Platynota rostrana
  • Southern Armyworm Moth Spodoptera eridania
  • Carolina Sphinx Manduca sexta on peppers
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Plant eaters All

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

  • Colorado Potato Beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata on peppers
  • American Serpentine Leaf Miner Liriomyza trifolii on peppers
  • Banded Cucumber Beetle Diabrotica balteata on peppers

Flower visitors All

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

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens
  • Pure Green Sweat Bee Augochlora pura on peppers

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