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Easy Pollinator Pantry Garden Guide 2017 Butterfly
Plants
Other Easy to SEE, Easy to FEED Pollinators
American Lady
Host plant: Pussytoes (Antennaria spp.) Spring: Old Fashioned Lilac ‘Old Glory’ (Syringa vulgaris) Summer: Slender Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum spp.) Fall: Smooth Aster (Symphyotrichum laevis) Annual: Verbena (Verbena spp.) Host plant: Hackberry (Celtis spp.) Spring: Wild Black Cherry (Prunus spp.)
Hosts also Painted Lady butterfly, nectar mini nectar moths and “no bother” bunny-hole bees (Andrenid). Also food for bobwhite, deer and rabbit Early butterflies, skippers, nectar moths, hummingbirds and gentle orchard bees and” too busy to care about us” bumble bees Butterflies, skippers, nectar moths,” too busy to care about us” bumble bees, honeybees, bee mimics, ladybug beetle and pollen-powered flower beetles Butterflies, skippers, nectar moths, ”too busy to care about us” bumble bees, honeybees, bee mimics Butterflies, skippers, hummingbird moth and other nectar moths, ”too busy to care about us” bumble bees Also hosts for hackberry and Tawny Emperor butterflies, Mourning Cloak, Question Mark and some moths. Food for bluebirds, song and game birds Host for Tiger Swallowtail, Red Spotted Purple and Coral Hairstreak butterflies. Gentle orchard bees and “too busy to care about us” bumble bees. Bird favorite
Summer: Summersweet (Clethra alnifolia) Fall: Smooth Aster (Symphyotrichum laevis) Annual: Globe amaranth (Gomphrena globosa) Host plant: Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) Spring: Blackberries (Rubus spp.) Summer: Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
Butterflies, skippers, hummingbirds, nectar moths and “too busy to care about us” bumble bees Butterflies, skippers, nectar moths, “too busy to care about us” bumble bees, honeybees, bee mimics Possibly other butterflies and moths with long reach, hummingbirds reported to like red varieties Early butterflies and skippers, nectar moths and “no bother” bunny-hole bees (Andrenid), ladybug beetle. Also food for squirrel, deer, rabbit Possible host for some hairstreak butterflies, nectar for small-med size butterflies and nectar moths, “too busy to care about us” bumble bees and wildlife magnet Hosts Monarch, nectar for most butterflies, skippers, nectar moths, ‘no bother” bunny-hole bees (Andrenid), hummingbirds, “too busy to care about us” bumble bees, honeybees, bee mimics Hosts Silvery Checkerspot, nectar for butterflies, ”no bother” bunny-hole bees (Andrenid), bee mimics, ladybug beetle and pollen-powered flower beetles. Goldfinch eat seeds Butterflies, nectar for moths, “too busy to care about us” bumble bees, honey bees and bee mimics, ladybug beetle Host for several hairstreak butterflies, skippers and moths. Attracts insects that feed wildlife. May attract ladybug beetle. Acorns major food sources for wildlife, and provides shelter Host Azure butterfly and Duskywing Skipper. Nectar attracts other hairstreak butterflies, “no bother” bunny-hole bees (Andrenid), ladybug. Quail deer, rabbit Nectar for Monarch and various butterflies, skippers, occasional nectar moth, honeybees and bee mimics also ladybug beetle Nectar and pollen source. Nectar for small-medium butterflies, skippers, nectar moths, honeybees and bee mimics, ladybug beetle and pollen-powered beetles Host white-lined Sphinx moth. Nectar for all types of butterflies, skippers, hummingbirds, hummingbird moth and other nectar moths, small bees, bee mimic and ladybug beetle Host Anise Swallowtail, many butterflies, skippers, nectar moths, honeybees and bee mimics, ladybug beetle and other pollen-powered beetles Early butterflies, skippers, nectar moths, hummingbirds and gentle orchard bees and “too busy to care about us” bumble bees Hosts Monarch, nectar for most butterflies, skippers, nectar moths, ‘no bother” bunny-hole bees (Andrenid) hummingbirds, “too busy to care about us” bumble bees, honeybees, bee mimics Butterflies, skippers, nectar moths, “too busy to care about us” bumble bees, honeybees and bee mimics Butterflies, skippers, nectar moths, hummingbirds, honeybees and bee mimics and ladybug beetle and pollen-powered beetles
American Snout
Spring/Summer Azure
Fall: Orange Coneflower (Rudbeckia fulgida)
Banded Hairstreak
Annual: Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) Host plant: Black Oak (Quercus velutina) Spring: New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus) Summer: Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) Fall: Daisy Garden Mum (Chrysanthemum-single type) Annual: Pentas (Pentas lanceolata)
Black Swallowtail
Host plant: Parsley/Fennel/Dill (Anethum graveolens) Spring: Old Fashioned Lilac ‘Old Glory’ (Lilac vulgaris) Summer: Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) Fall: Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum) Annual: Zinnia (Zinnia spp.-single type)