My shrimp plant is slowly disappearing due to a major attack of some fuzzy cats. They feed only at night. You guys think these are butterfly cats or moth cats?
Is Shrimp Plant a Host Plant?
You didn't say which shrimp plant you have?
Green shrimp plant (blechum brownei) - larval host for the malachite butterfly
Red Shrimp plant (justicia brandegeana) - larval host for some Crescents
Golden shrimp plant (Pachystachys lutea - not a known larval host
Blue Shrimp plant (cerinthe major purpurascens) - not a known larval host
Most shrimp plants are good nectaring plants :o)
As for fuzzy cats...do you have a photo? Chances are the fuzzy cats are moth caterpillars...many which feed at night...and some moth species will eat a variety of plants.
~ Cat