Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
We've been doing a series of videos focused on attracting butterflies and moths to your garden and landscapes—and a lot of that has to do with host plants.
Though we often notice the adult butterflies and moths in our landscape, we tend to overlook their caterpillars—and it's their caterpillars that most often have very specific food needs.
Trees and shrubs play a huge role in feeding caterpillars. We'll go over our Top 30 Trees that insects use as their host plant; and then highlight specific butterflies and moths that use certain trees and shrubs to fulfill their lifecycle.
We've been doing a series of videos focused on attracting butterflies and moths to your garden and landscapes—and a lot of that has to do with host plants.
Though we often notice the adult butterflies and moths in our landscape, we tend to overlook their caterpillars—and it's their caterpillars that most often have very specific food needs.
Trees and shrubs play a huge role in feeding caterpillars. We'll go over our Top 30 Trees that insects use as their host plant; and then highlight specific butterflies and moths that use certain trees and shrubs to fulfill their lifecycle.
