In northern New England, trees in the maple and boxelder family such as sugar maple (Acer saccharin) serve as hosts to the caterpillars of as many as 280 butterfly and moth species.
Photo by Tig Tillinghast.
Resources for Boosting Pollinator Habitat in Your Backyard and Community
There are several online presentations by Doug Tallamy regarding the importance of pollinator habitat and what you can do at home, but this one is a favorite: Restoring Nature’s Relationships at Home, Doug Tallamy presentation for Grow Native Massachusetts.
The Pollinator Pathway is promoting a June BioBlitz on iNaturalist. See this video for instructions for using iNaturalist (with the emphasis on Pollinator Pathway about 6 minutes in).
Other resources:
Pollinator Pathway in southwestern Connecticut and eastern New York
Native Plant Trust resources for ecological gardening