What Rue supports

30 native animals
supported in the US

4 caterpillars 3 food 23 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

• Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes
• Old World Swallowtail Papilio machaon
• Eastern Giant Swallowtail Heraclides cresphontes
• Anise Swallowtail Papilio zelicaon

Plant eaters All

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

• Eastern Yellowjacket Vespula maculifrons
• Black Bean Aphid Aphis fabae
• Oblique Streaktail Allograpta obliqua

Flower visitors All

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

• Fraternal Potter Wasp Eumenes fraternus
• One-banded Mason Wasp Ancistrocerus unifasciatus
• Common Grass Skimmer Paragus haemorrhous
• Monarch Danaus plexippus
• Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens
• Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
• Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa
• Northern Paper Wasp Polistes fuscatus

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