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Creating a Butterfly Garden: Attracting and Nourishing Beautiful Insects

Discover how to design a butterfly garden that supports all life stages of these stunning insects. Learn what attracts butterflies, the essential components of a butterfly garden, and what caterpillars and butterflies feed on. This guide emphasizes the importance of native plants, nectar sources, and habitats while avoiding harmful pesticides. With tips for continuous blooms and resting places, you'll create a vibrant ecosystem that welcomes butterflies year-round.

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Creating a Butterfly Garden: Attracting and Nourishing Beautiful Insects

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  1. Project Team • Gerald Boey • Loo Jun Bin • Philip Leong • Alphonsus Wong

  2. Contents • Introduction • What attracts butterflies? • What’s In A Butterfly Garden? • What do caterpillars feed on? • What do butterflies feed on? • Summary • Sources

  3. Introduction • Butterflies are beautifully coloured , winged insects that would be a great addition to any garden. • A Butterfly Garden needs to support all life stages of a butterfly. • A place to lay eggs. • A place to feed the larvae. • A place to form the pupa. • A place to feed the adult butterfly.

  4. What Attracts Butterflies? • Red, yellow, orange, pink or purple blossoms • Flat-topped or clustered flowers • Short flower tubes • Allow the butterflies to reach the nectar with their proboscis. • Plants should be grown in open, sunny areas.

  5. What’s In A Butterfly Garden? • Plant native flowering plants. • Plant type and color is important. • Plant good nectar sources in the sun. • Plant for continuous bloom. • Say no to insecticides. • Feed caterpillars. • Provide a place for butterflies to rest. • Flat stones in the sun. • Give them a place for puddling. • Wet sand or mud. • Well positioned tree and shrubs. • Shelter • Well positioned trees and shrubs.

  6. What Do Caterpillars Feed On? • Picky Eaters. • Eat only 1 or 2 species of plants. • Most feed on a variety of deciduous plants.

  7. What Do Butterflies Feed on? • Acmon Blue - buckwheat, lupines, milkvetchAmerican Painted Lady - cudweed, everlastBaird's Swallowtail - dragon sagebrushBlack Swallowtail - parsley, dill, fennel, Queen Anne’s lace, common rueCabbage White - members of mustard familyCoral Hairstreak - wild black cherry, American and chickasaw plum, black chokeberryDun Skipper - sedges, grasses including purpletopEastern Tiger Swallowtail - wild black cherry, ash, tulip tree, willow, sweetbay, basswoodGiant Swallowtail - prickly ash, citrus, common rue, hoptree, gas plant, torchwoodGray Comma - gooseberry, azalea, elmGreat Purple Hairstreak - mistletoeGulf Fritillary - maypops, other passion vinesHenry's Elfin - redbud, dahoon and yaupon hollies, maple-leaved viburnum, blueberriesMonarch - milkweedsPainted Lady (Cosmopolite) - thistles, mallows, nievitas, yellow fiddleneckPygmy Blue - saltbush, lamb's quarters, pigweedRed Admiral/White Admiral - wild cherries, black oaks, aspens, yellow and black birchSilver-spotted Skipper - locusts, wisteria, other legumesSpicebush Swallowtail - sassafras, spicebushSulphurs - clover, peas, vetch, alfalfa, astersVariegated Fritillary - passion flower, maypop, violets, stonecrop, purslaneViceroy - willows, cottonwood, aspenWestern Tailed Blue - vetches, milkvetchesWestern Tiger Swallowtail - willow, plum, alder, sycamore, hoptree, ashWoodland Skipper - grassesZebra Swallowtail - pawpaw

  8. Sources • www.life123.com • www.nwf.org

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