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Cake day: July 11th, 2023

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  • What about planting something else that they’ll eat like hop tree? Obviously that’s not much of an immediate solution, though.

    To answer your original question, it’s always a balancing act. I love all kinds of butterflies and moths, but an asp on plants near my front door still had to go. They turn into the southern flannel moth, but as caterpillars are capable of a very painful sting.


  • My house had zero landscape plants when I bought it. Now it has several hundred. In a couple areas, I planted host plants just for caterpillars to eat, and am growing more from seed to have even more host plants. I’m even considering a native citrus specifically to attract swallowtail butterflies.

    All that to say, your tree will be fine, even if it looks a little ragged.