Insects of Navarro County

Butterfly or Moth Species

Host Plant

Provides place to lay eggs.
When eggs hatch,
the caterpillars eat the leaves.

Pipevine (Aristolochia sp.)

Parsley, dill, fennel, Queen Anne’s lace

Green and white ash, cottonwood (Prunus sp.)

Prickly ash, hoptree, citrus trees

Cabbage, mustard, broccoli, kale

Alfalfa, vetch, clover

Senna (Cassia sp.), partridge pea

Hibiscus, vetch, clover, mallow, false indigo

Milkweed (Aesclepias sp.)

Hackberry, elm, nettle, false nettle

Thistle, hollyhock, mallow

Hollyhock, forget-me-not, cudweed

Cottonwood, poplar, willow

Nettle, false nettle, hops

Plantain, gerardia, toadflax, snapdragon

Aster (Aster sp.)

Hackberry (Celtis sp.)

Passionflower (Passiflora sp.)

Passionflower, violet, pansy, flax

Hackberry, elm

Locust, wisteria, false indigo

Grasses

Sweetgum, cedar, elm, maple, oak, pine

Ash, oak, redbud, hackberry

Oak, willow, sweetgum

Sweetgum, hickory, pecan

Ash, maple, elm, sweetgum, willow

Pigweed, purslane, beet, turnip

Dandelion, maple, sunflower, willow