What Castor Bean supports

33 native animals
supported in the US

21 caterpillars 5 food 6 flowers 1 shelter

Caterpillars All

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

• Ipsilon Dart Moth Agrotis ipsilon
• Isabella Tiger Moth Pyrrharctia isabella
• Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth Spodoptera ornithogalli
• Western Tussock Moth Orgyia vetusta
• Southern Armyworm Moth Spodoptera eridania
• Stalk Borer Moth Papaipema nebris
• Pink Scavenger Caterpillar Moth Anatrachyntis rileyi
• Fall Webworm Moth Hyphantria cunea

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Plant eaters All

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

• Indian Cotton Jassid Amrasca biguttula
• Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Homalodisca vitripennis
• Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
• Western Yellowjacket Vespula pensylvanica
• Latania Scale Hemiberlesia lataniae

Flower visitors All

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

• Apache Paper Wasp Polistes apachus
• Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp Sceliphron caementarium
• Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
• Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
• Unstable Paper Wasp Polistes instabilis
• Mexican Honey Wasp Brachygastra mellifica

Sheltered animals All

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

• Long-legged Fly Condylostylus longicornis