What Moss Phlox supports

52 native animals
supported in the US

2 caterpillars 1 food 49 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

• Ornate Hydriris Moth Hydriris ornatalis
• Olive Arches Moth Lacinipolia olivacea on phloxes

Plant eaters All

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

• American Serpentine Leaf Miner Liriomyza trifolii

Flower visitors All

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

• Eastern Carpenter Bee Xylocopa virginica
• Nessus Sphinx Amphion floridensis
• Greater Bee Fly Bombylius major
• Snowberry Clearwing Hemaris diffinis
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus
• American Lady Vanessa virginiensis
• Long-tailed Aphideater Eupeodes americanus
• Hummingbird Clearwing Hemaris thysbe

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