PLANT
BUTTERFLY LARVA SPECIES
COLOR
HEIGHT
Clover Family
Blues, Sulphurs
Multicolor
2 - 18 inches
Dock
Coppers
Green
12 - 72 inches
Elm
Mourning Cloak, Question Mark
N/A
Tree
Grasses
Fiery Skipper, Grass Nymphs, Satyrs
N/A
2 - 24 inches
Hackberry
Hackberry, Tawny Emperor, Snout
N/A
Tree
Hawthorn
Gray Hairstreak, Banded Purple
N/A
Tree
Mallow Family (Cheeseweed)
West Coast Lady, Common Hairstreak, Checkered Skipper
White, Lavender
6 - 36 inches
Milkweed
Monarch
Lavender, Pink
24 - 48 inches
Mustard Family
Whites
Yellow
6 - 36 inches
Nettle
Tortoise Shell, Painted Lady, Question Mark, Red Admiral, Hop Merchant (or Comma)
Green
24 - 48 inches
Parsley Family
Black Swallowtail, Anise Swallowtail
White, Yellow
6 - 36 inches
Plantain
Buckeye
White, Green
3 - 8 inches
Poplar
Mourning Cloak, White Admiral, Viceroy, Banded and Red-Spotted Purple, Western Tiger Swallowtail
N/A
Tree
Senna (Cassia)
Cloudless Sulphur, Sleepy Orange
Yellow
12 - 48 inches
Sorrel
American Copper
Reddish Green
4 - 15 inches
Spicebush
Spicebush Swallowtail
Yellow
Shrub
Thistle
Painted Lady
Purple
24 - 60 inches
Turtlehead
Baltimore
White, Pink
12 - 48 inches
Violet
Fritillary
Purple
2 - 6 inches
Wild Cherry
Easter Tiger Swallowtail, Coral Hairstreak, Red-Spotted Purple
N/A
Tree
Willow
Comma, Tortoise Shell, Viceroy, Red-Spotted Purple, Western Tiger Swallowtail, White Admiral, Sylvan Hairstreak
N/A
Tree
 

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