test with grasshoppers on nettle was Urtica dioica (stinging nettle) the plant that evolution created as a reaction to humanity?
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Nettles are the preferred food plant for some sorts of caterpillars,
including those of the Question Mark butterfly.
On this side of the pond the nettle is the food plant for the Peacock,
Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell and Comma, and a secondary food plant
for the Painted Lady.
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Stewart Robert Hinsley
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