Most of us love having butterflies and moths visit our gardenscapes but the majority of us also hate having weeds—or unwanted plants—in our garden. However, some of those "weeds" that we often wage war on may be important host plants for some of our most iconic butterflies and moths.

In this video, I'll take you through 6 groups of common weeds that serve as the food plants to grow 20+ iconic butterflies and moths that are native to New York (and other places as well). These host plants are integral for the caterpillar stage of many butterflies and moths, so we may want to "rethink" our definition of "weed."

To see our other video highlighting popular horticultural pollinator plants that also serve as host plants for our native butterflies and moths, visit here:    • 25 PRETTY HOST PLANTS That BUTTERFLIE...  

00:00 - Introduction
00:54 - Herbaceous, Perennial Pollinator Plants for Butterflies
01:17 - Weeds that are Host Plants
03:32 - Ovipositing
05:30 - Dock & Sorrel
05:40 - Lycaena phlaeas
05:52 - Lycaena helloides
06:45 - Veggie Garden Tour
07:25 - Brassicas
08:12 - Pieris rapae
08:24 - Pontia protodice
08:26 - Anthocharis midea
08:48 - Clovers & Legumes
10:24 - Colias philodice
10:29 - Phoebis sennae
11:33 - Cupido comyntas
12:03 - Colias eurytheme
12:12 - Eurema nicippe
13:27 - Pyrrharctia isabella
14:34 - Grasses
15:54 - Low Mow Native Lawn
16:30 - Coenonympha tullia
16:58 - Cercyonis pegala
18:20 - Polites peckius
19:25 - Atalopedes campestris
20:36 - Sedges
22:22 - Letha appalachia
22:36 - Ancyloxypha numitor
22:55 - Megisto cymela
23:09 - Enodia anthedon
23:30 - Nettles
23:52 - Vanessa atalanta
24:32 - Polygonia interrogationis
24:34 - Polygonia comma
24:36 - Aglais milberti
22:25 - Wrap-up


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