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Table 1. Host Plants of Common Butterflies & Moths
Common name | Host Plant | Flight Time | Tiger swallowtail | Tulip tree, cherry, ash, birch, willow | April-Sept | Black swallowtail | Dill, carrot, Queen Anne’s Lace | May- Sept. | Spicebush swallowtail | Spicebush, sassafras | May-Sept. | Sulfurs | Alfalfa, clover | Apr.-Oct. | Cabbage white | Cabbage, mustard, cleome | March-Oct. | Spring azure | Dogwood | March-July | Eastern-tailed blue | Clover | March-Oct. | Gray hairstreak | Legumes | May-Oct. | Common wood nymph | Grasses | July-Sept. | Monarch | Milkweeds | July-Oct. | Fritillaries | Violets | May-Oct. | Buckeye | Turtlehead | July-Oct. | Viceroy | Willows | June-Sept. | Mourning Cloak | Black cherry | May-Sept. | Pearl crescent | Asters | July-August | Comma | Elm, Nettles | June-Oct. | Question mark | Nettles, hackberry | June-Oct. | Red admiral | Nettles | May-Oct. | Painted lady | Legumes, nettles | June-Oct. | Polyphemus moth | Oak | June-Aug. | IO moth | Various | July-Aug. | Luna moth | Walnut | June-July | Promethia moth | Tulip tree, sassafras | June-July | Hummingbird moth | Viburnum | June-Sept. | Rosy maple moth | Maple | July |
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Table 2. Plant Species Attractive to Butterflies and Pollinators
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