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What Chili Pepper supports

60 native animals
supported in the US
20 caterpillars 13 food 27 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

  • Carolina Sphinx Manduca sexta
  • Ipsilon Dart Moth Agrotis ipsilon
  • Five-spotted Hawk Moth Manduca quinquemaculatus
  • Eggplant Leafroller Moth Lineodes integra
  • Velvet Armyworm Moth Spodoptera latifascia
  • Potato Tuber Moth Phthorimaea operculella
  • Armyworm Moth Pseudaletia unipuncta
  • Corn Earworm Moth Helicoverpa zea
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Plant eaters All

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

  • Western Flower Thrips Frankliniella occidentalis
  • Indian Cotton Jassid Amrasca biguttula
  • Foxglove Aphid Aulacorthum solani
  • Chilli Thrips Scirtothrips dorsalis
  • American Serpentine Leaf Miner Liriomyza trifolii
  • Colorado Potato Beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata
  • Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
  • Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
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Flower visitors All

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

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens
  • Valley Carpenter Bee Xylocopa sonorina
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee Xylocopa virginica
  • Bold Jumping Spider Phidippus audax
  • Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia
  • Ligated Furrow Bee Halictus ligatus
  • Goldenrod Soldier Beetle Chauliognathus pensylvanicus
  • Pure Green Sweat Bee Augochlora pura
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