What Dwarf Nettle supports

27 native animals
supported in the US

10 caterpillars 14 food 3 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

• Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
• West Coast Lady Vanessa annabella
• Cabbage Looper Moth Trichoplusia ni
• Blomfild's Beauty Smyrna blomfildia
• Dusky Leafroller Moth Orthotaenia undulana
• Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa
• American Lady Vanessa virginiensis
• Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum

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Plant eaters All

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

• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
• Common Raven Corvus corax
• Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
• Redpoll Acanthis flammea
• Dark Green Nettle Aphid Aphis urticata
• Black Bean Aphid Aphis fabae
• Common Green Capsid Lygocoris pabulinus
• Foxglove Aphid Aulacorthum solani

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Flower visitors All

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

• Red Mason Bee Osmia bicornis
• Variable Duskyface Fly Melanostoma mellinum
• Orange-belted Leafwalker Xylota segnis