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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
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  6. Nettles and Allies
  7. Nettles
  8. Urtica dioica
  9. Great Stinging Nettle
  10. Supports

What Great Stinging Nettle supports

64 native animals
supported in the US
26 caterpillars 26 food 11 flowers 1 shelter

Caterpillars All

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

  • Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
  • Milbert's Tortoiseshell Aglais milberti
  • Garden Tiger Arctia caja
  • Woodgrain Leafroller Moth Pandemis lamprosana
  • Grey Pug Moth Eupithecia subfuscata
  • Two-spotted Looper Moth Autographa bimaculata
  • Ruby Tiger Moth Phragmatobia fuliginosa
  • West Coast Lady Vanessa annabella
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Plant eaters All

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

  • Citrus Flatid Planthopper Metcalfa pruinosa
  • Dark Green Nettle Aphid Aphis urticata
  • Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
  • Common Raven Corvus corax
  • Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
  • Redpoll Acanthis flammea
  • Green Cone-headed Planthopper Acanalonia conica
  • Agromyza reptans
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Flower visitors All

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

  • Red Mason Bee Osmia bicornis
  • Common Flower Fly Syrphus ribesii
  • Tree Damsel Bug Himacerus apterus
  • Banded Tussock Moth Halysidota tessellaris
  • Golden Dung Fly Scathophaga stercoraria
  • White-lipped Snail Cepaea hortensis
  • Variable Duskyface Fly Melanostoma mellinum
  • Clouded Plant Bug Neurocolpus nubilus
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Sheltered animals All

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

  • Heterogaster behrensii

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