Ailanthus

[arachknight]

Ailanthus, aka tree of heaven an invasive from asia was used for silk moth industry. Does any one know if native moths use this as host tree for larvae?

Joel

 

[Peter Clausen]

Hey Joel,

While researching your question I came across the following link that subsequently caused me to delete everything else I'd written

http://www.invasive.org/weeds/asian/ailanthus.pdf

It seems a great many bugs use this plant as a host!