Adult Food Sources
The Common Wood-nymph feeds on nectar, tree sap, and decaying matters. Some of the plants it nectars on include:
- Asclepias tuberosa – Butterfly Weed
- Cirsium arvense – Canada Thistle
- Cirsium vulgare – Bull Thistle
- Daucus carota – Wild Carrot
- Dipsacus sylvestris - Teasel
- Monarda fistulosa – Wild Bergamot
- Pycnanthemum virginianum – Virginia Mountain Mint
- Rudbeckia hirta – Black-eyed Susan
- Trifolium pratense – Red Clover
- Vernonia gigantea – Tall Ironweed
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