Because our network analysis was based on native woody plant genera, we excluded all non-native plant genera in the Mid-Atlantic dataset. We calculated the number of times each plant was searched and excluded all plant species that were searched <10 sampling occasions. That left us with caterpillar abundance data for 18 genera:
Acer (A. rubrum and A. saccharum), Carpinus caroliniana, Carya sp., Cornus (C. alternifolia, C. florida, and C. racemosa), Diospyros virginiana, Fagus grandifolia, Fraxinus americana, Juglans nigra, Lindera benzoin, Liquidambar styraciflua, Liriodendron tulipifera, Platanus occidentalis, Prunus (P. americana and P. serotina), Quercus (Q. alba, Q. montana, Q. rubra, Q. velutina, Q. palustris, Q. coccinea, Q. phellos, and Q. imbricaria), Rhus (R. glabra and R. copallinum), Sassafras albidum, Ulmus (U. americana and U. rubra), and Viburnum (V. dentatum and V. prunifolium).
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