What Water Locust supports

25 native animals
supported in the US

16 caterpillars 3 hosts 2 food 4 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

• Carpenterworm Moth Prionoxystus robiniae on honey locusts
• Silver-spotted Skipper Epargyreus clarus on honey locusts
• Fruit-tree Leafroller Moth Archips argyrospila on honey locusts
• Io Moth Automeris io on honey locusts
• Cecropia Moth Hyalophora cecropia on honey locusts
• Evergreen Bagworm Moth Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis on honey locusts
• Sparganothis Fruitworm Moth Sparganothis sulfureana on honey locusts
• Orange Wing Mellilla xanthometata on honey locusts

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Hosted animals All

3 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.

• Southern Lyctus Beetle Lyctus carbonarius on honey locusts
• Red-shouldered Bostrichid Xylobiops basilaris on honey locusts
• Velvety Powder-post Beetle Trogoxylon parallelipipedum on honey locusts

Plant eaters All

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

• Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon on honey locusts
• Buffalo Treehopper Stictocephala bisonia on honey locusts

Flower visitors All

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

• Northern Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva on honey locusts
• Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia on honey locusts
• Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius on honey locusts
• Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus on honey locusts