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What Okra supports

29 native animals
supported in the US
15 caterpillars 8 food 5 flowers 1 shelter

Caterpillars All

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

  • Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus
  • Soybean Looper Moth Chrysodeixis includens
  • Western Tussock Moth Orgyia vetusta
  • Cotton Tipworm Moth Crocidosema plebejana
  • Yellow Scallop Moth Anomis erosa
  • Platynota nigrocervina
  • Corn Earworm Moth Helicoverpa zea
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper Burnsius oileus
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Plant eaters All

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

  • Indian Cotton Jassid Amrasca biguttula
  • Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Homalodisca vitripennis
  • Broad-headed Sharpshooter Oncometopia orbona
  • Lateral-lined Sharpshooter Cuerna costalis
  • Spotted Cucumber Beetle Diabrotica undecimpunctata
  • Potato Leafhopper Empoasca fabae
  • Banded Cucumber Beetle Diabrotica balteata
  • Van Duzee Treehopper Vanduzea segmentata

Flower visitors All

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

  • Hibiscus Turret Bee Ptilothrix bombiformis Pollen specialist on Hibiscus
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens
  • Bald-faced Hornet Dolichovespula maculata
  • Two-spotted Longhorn Bee Melissodes bimaculatus
  • Keeled Treehopper Entylia carinata

Sheltered animals All

1 native animals that nest or roost in it, most recorded first.

  • Eupelmus

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