What supports Delaware Skipper
306
native plants
support it in the US
47
caterpillar hosts
259
flowers
support it in the US
Caterpillar hosts All
47 native plants its caterpillars eat, most recorded first.
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Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
keystone
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Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardi
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Maidencane
Panicum hemitomon
keystone
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Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
on bluestems
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Bristle Thistle
Cirsium horridulum
on plume thistles
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Texas Thistle
Cirsium texanum
on plume thistles
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Field Thistle
Cirsium discolor
on plume thistles
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Wavyleaf Thistle
Cirsium undulatum
on plume thistles
Nectar plants All
259 native plants whose flowers it visits, most recorded first.
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Pickerelweed
Pontederia cordata
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Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
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Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
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Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
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Common Selfheal
Prunella vulgaris
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Carolina Redroot
Lachnanthes caroliana
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White Beggarticks
Bidens alba
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Hedge Bindweed
Calystegia sepium