Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 61, 1 by debnes_dfw_tx

debnes_dfw_tx wrote:
Some of the host plants for DS are pretty gnarley!!
Great find Melanie!


Wikipedia says:
Spanish Needles, (Bidens bipinnata)
Beggar Ticks, (Bidens ssp.)
Dogweed, (Dyssodia ssp.)
Common Chickweed, (Stellaria media)
Greentread, (Thelosperma ssp


MaMoNA:
Caterpillar hosts: Low-growing plants in the aster family (Asteraceae) especially shepherd's needle (Bidens pilosa), sneezeweed (Helenium), fetid marigold (Dyssodia), and cultivated marigold (Tagetes).

Humm,
I have one of these "sneezeweed (Helenium)" I get the Dainties here. Just got the plants a little over a month ago. I will have to check them for eggs or cats now. :-)