What Is a Host Plant? - Butterfly Gardening 101

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If you spend any time in the butterfly gardening world you will hear the term caterpillar host plant, but what does it mean, and is there more to host plants than food for caterpillars? In this video I discuss what host plants are, what types of insects use them, and why they are an important piece in the butterfly garden puzzle. There is a lot more to host plants than just baby food for caterpillars!

Do you include host plants in your butterfly gardens? Please comment below.

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Chapters:
0:00 What is a host plant?
0:19 The definition of a host plant.
0:39 What types of insects use host plants?
0:55 Milkweed as an example of a multi-species host plant - monarch butterfly, milkweed tussock moth, red milkweed beetle, milkweed bugs
1:27 Specialist and generalist feeders on host plants.
1:56 How specialist feeders allow you to tailor a butterfly garden to attract certain species.
2:19 Not all host plants have pretty flowers - grasses, shrubs and trees
2:42 Caterpillars of Eastern North America - a great book for caterpillars and host plants
2:53 Level up your butterfly garden with host plants!