Seeing lots of Deadnettles

I have been observing how common deadnettles (Lamium) particularly henbit deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaulo) but also red deadnettle (Lamiu purpureum). What I have not been observing are nettles (Utrica). This is significant because deadnettles are nettle mimics. Now mimicry only works when the species being mimicked are plentiful which makes me wounder, why deadnettles don't seem to suffer from a lot of herbivory. If any has any answers please let me know.

Posted on February 22, 2020 08:28 PM by jhb1212