A great many Butterfly and Moth Larvae feed on just one or two species of wild flower. Thus, if there is to be a rich and varied population of these insects, this must be reflected in the biodiversity of the plants. Often during the summer many of the flowers support a large number of caterpillars and this table is designed to help in their identification. To produce this list I have here trawled through The Oxford Book of Insects, discarding those that only occur in the south. As a result it is not to be assumed that ll the Moths and Butterflies included can be found in Sedbergh.
| WILD FLOWER | BUTTERFLY LARVAE | MOTH LARVAE |
| Cruciferae | Small White | |
| Charlock | Green Veined White Orange Tip |
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| Hedge Garlic | Green Veined White Orange Tip |
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| Violaceae | Wood Tiger | |
| Dog Violet | Silver Wash Fritillary | |
| Slender St John's Wort | The Treble Bar | |
| Chickweed | Setaceous Hebrew Character Pale Mottled Willow Cream Spot Tiger Yellow Shell |
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| Campionaceae | The Campion Netted Plug |
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| Red Campion | Twin Spot Carpet | |
| Good King Henry | Bright-line Brown Eye | |
| Geranlaceae | Brown Argus | |
| Leguminosae | Common Heath | |
| "Clovers" | Clouded Yellow | Latticed Heath |
| Birdsfoot Trefoil | Common Blue Dingy Skipper Silver Studded Blue |
Latticed Heath Five Spot Burnet Six Spot Burnet |
| Wild Strawberry | Common Marbled Carpet Beautiful Carpet |
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| Wild Raspberry | Beautiful Carpet Respberry Moth |
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| Bramble | Fox Moth Beautiful Carpet Common Pug Peppered Moth |
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| Dog Rose | Shoulder Stripe The Streamer Barred Yellow |
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| Rosebay Willow Herb | Elephant Hawk Moth | |
| Common Ivy | Swallow Tailed Moth Willow Beauty |
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| "Dock" | Small Copper | Rosy Rustic (root only) Ruby Tiger Garden Tiger Cream Spot Tiger Blood Vein Cream Wave Riband Wave Yellow Shell Ghost Moth Orange Swift |
| Sorrel | Small Copper | The Forester |
| Knot Grass | Red Twin-Spot Carpet | |
| Stinging Nettle | Red Admiral Painted Lady Small Tortoiseshell Peacock Comma |
The Flame Bright-line Brown Eye Burnished Brass The Snout The Speckled Garden Tiger Speckled Yellow Ghost Moth Small Magpie Mother of Pearl |
| Primrose | Duke of Burgundy Fritillary | Twin Spot Carpet |
| Cowslip | Duke of Burgundy Fritillary | |
| Lesser Bindweed | Convolvulus Hawkmoth | |
| Bindweed | Bright-line Brown Eye | |
| Foxglove | Foxglove Pug | |
| Hedge Woundwort | Speckled Yellow Small Magpie |
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| Red Deadnettle | Cream-Spot Tiger | |
| Wild Thyme | Cream-Spot Tiger | |
| Ribwort | Common Crimson and Gold | |
| "Bedstraws" | Cream Wave Rib and Wave Red Twin-Spot Carpet Green Carpet Common Carpet |
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| Lady's Bedstraw | Hummingbird Hawkmoth Setaceous Hebrew Character |
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| March Bedstraw | Elephant Hawkmoth | |
| "Dandelions" | Ruby Tiger Wood Tiger Garden Tiger Rib and wave Red Twin-Spot Carpet Ghost Moth |
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| "Thistles" | High Brown Fritillary | |
| Yarrow | Lime Speck Pug Border Pug |
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| Groundsel | Setaceous Hebrew Character | |
| Ragwort | Cream Spot Tiger Lime Speck Pug Cinnebar |
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| Honeysuckle | White Admiral | Earl Grey The Steamer Many Plummed Moth Ypsolophus harpella |