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  3. Arthropods
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  6. Brush-footed Butterflies
  7. Ladies and Related Admirals
  8. Red Admiral
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  10. Caterpillar hosts

Caterpillar hosts for Red Admiral

12 native plants its caterpillars eat, most recorded first.

  • False Nettle Boehmeria cylindrica 14 records
  • Slender Stinging Nettle Urtica gracilis 10 records
  • Wood Nettle Laportea canadensis 6 records
  • Florida Pellitory Parietaria floridana 4 records
  • Pennsylvania Pellitory Parietaria pensylvanica 3 records
  • Māmaki Pipturus albidus 3 records
  • Heartleaf Nettle Urtica chamaedryoides 13 records on nettles
  • Rillita Pellitory Parietaria hespera 5 records on pellitories
  • Coastal Pellitory Parietaria praetermissa 5 records on pellitories
  • Western Hop Humulus neomexicanus 4 records on hop
  • American Hops Humulus americanus 4 records on hop
  • Midwestern Hops Humulus pubescens 4 records on hop

Not native to the US

4 plants, most recorded first.

  • Great Stinging Nettle Urtica dioica 40 records · introduced
  • Dwarf Nettle Urtica urens 6 records · introduced
  • Baby's Tears Soleirolia soleirolii 6 records · introduced
  • Pellitory-of-the-wall Parietaria judaica 4 records · introduced

Nativity unknown

5 recorded only to genus or family, or with no nativity on record.

  • Common Hops Humulus lupulus 9 records
  • Erect Pellitory-of-the-wall Parietaria officinalis 4 records
  • Ramie Boehmeria nivea 2 records
  • New Zealand Pellitory Parietaria debilis 1 record
  • Mountain Nettle Urtica gracilenta 13 records on nettles

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