What Sweetsop supports

12 native animals
supported in the US

6 caterpillars 5 food 1 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

• Omnivorous Platynota Moth Platynota rostrana
• Giant Sphinx Cocytius antaeus
• Gonodonta pyrgo
• Citrus Fruitpiercer Gonodonta nutrix
• Pondapple Leafroller Moth Argyrotaenia amatana on custard apples
• Gonodonta unica on custard apples

Plant eaters All

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

• Chilli Thrips Scirtothrips dorsalis
• Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus jamaicensis
• Spiraling Whitefly Aleurodicus dispersus
• Giant Cicada Quesada gigas
• Florida Red Scale Chrysomphalus aonidum

Flower visitors All

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

• Dried Fruit Beetle Carpophilus hemipterus