61. Gardening For Butterflies In both the USA and Britain numerous publications appeared in the 1970s and 1980swhich reported on butterfly gardening and they included articles in both http://farrer.riv.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/APOL14/jun99-1.html

Front Page Features Departments SGAP Home Page ... Subscribe Gardening for butterflies ....some basic principles and a Townsville case study Peter Valentine Introduction The idea of gardening for butterflies is not particularly new as naturalists have for centuries been fascinated by this colourful group of insects and the relationships they have with plants. However, in recent years a plethora of publications have emerged which have both encouraged and guided people in converting their gardens into friendly places for butterflies. In both the USA and Britain numerous publications appeared in the 1970s and 1980s which reported on butterfly gardening and they included articles in both insect related journals and plant journals (eg Brewer, 1979; Collman, 1983; Cribb, 1982). Some writers recognised the potential butterfly conservation significance of gardens (eg Owen, 1976). Much of the information available was drawn together in some useful books published in the USA including Tekulsky (1985), Schneck (1990) and Stokes et al.

62. Congaree Butterfly Garden Native Plant Butterfly Garden. What is a butterfly garden? Your local librarywill have information on butterfly gardening in your neighborhood. http://www.nps.gov/cosw/coswbg.htm

Congaree National Park Native Plant Butterfly Garden What is a butterfly garden? Butterfly gardens provide habitat and food for butterflies and caterpillars. Female butterflies lay eggs on host plants, which furnish hearty meals and homes for caterpillars. By supplying food, water, shelter and space, the garden provides a complete habitat. Hummingbirds, moths, and skippers (members of the moth family) also feast on these plants. Rabbits and deer feed at night on these plants. About the plants... All the plants in the Congaree butterfly garden are native to this area. These plants attract butterflies to the garden without artificial feeders. Caterpillars eat sassafras and wax myrtle leaves while butterflies sip from flowering plants like spiderwort and cardinal flower. This can be done at home... You can plant a butterfly garden in your backyard to provide a habitat for the butterflies in your area. By giving wildlife a habitat rather than a handout, you help animals to help themselves. Your local library will have information on butterfly gardening in your neighborhood. Native plants that will attract butterflies.

63. Florida Butterfly Gardening Florida butterfly gardening A Complete Guide to Attracting, Identifying, andEnjoying Butterflies of the Lower South by Marc C. Minno and Maria Minno. http://www.floridaplants.com/CR/ups.htm

Discount C ustomer Service M-F 9:00 AM -5:00 PM EST Fax or Phone order Toll Free in Continental U.S. Ordering Information TITLES INDEX Subject: FLORIDA BOOKS: Natural History Florida Guides Florida Fiction Florida Writers History ... Florida Butterfly Gardening A Complete Guide to Attracting, Identifying, and Enjoying Butterflies of the Lower South by Marc C. Minno and Maria Minno T his is a complete reference for Florida gardeners who wish to attract butterflies to their gardens with both host and nectar plants. It provides sound information on how to identify butterflies (including skippers) as well as an understanding of their biology, behavior, life cycle, and Florida habitats. Both useful and beautiful, it is the first book to cover, in full color, the adult, larval, and pupal stages and host plants of more than 60 butterflies and a dozen of our most interesting moth species. Presents 400+ color photos taken by the authors, showing every butterfly in adult, larva, and pupa stages;

64. Illinois Audubon Society: Butterfly Garden Tour If you don t have a garden, but would like to learn about butterfly gardening,plan now to take part in this great weekend opportunity to http://www.illinoisaudubon.org/butterfly.html

PRESENTING THE Illinois Audubon Society's Self-guided Butterfly Garden Tour of The Chicago Metro Area 2004 Enjoy more than 60 unique and beautiful butterfly gardens in the Chicago area. Price includes The Butterfly Garden Tour Guide Book with locations, directions and maps. Both public and private gardens will be open for visitation. Butterfly Garden Tour Dates Questions? Ask Kristi at: 773-289-3475 E-mail: IASgardentour@aol.com Why Go on a Butterfly Garden Tour? As you know, housing developments and industrial complexes are gobbling up what were once the beautiful fields and roadsides of Illinois, which were full of native and non-native flowers which were butterfly and insect havens. We need to do something positive to counteract this loss of habitat. Otherwise, we may lose most of our butterflies and other beneficial insects. Some experts already feel that the future of the monarch butterfly may only be assured by having gardens with butterfly-friendly plants all along its migration routes to Mexico. This fundraiser publicizes the plight of our insect populations, and gives you information on how you can help by choosing the right plants for your own yard. If you don't have a garden, but would like to learn about butterfly gardening, plan now to take part in this great weekend opportunity to:

65. Bird And Butterfly Gardening Books - A Review Search. Birding / Wild Birds Bird and butterfly gardening Books AReview As I began the Feathers Flowers project, I set off for http://birding.about.com/library/weekly/aa022898.htm

zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') About Birding / Wild Birds Home Essentials ... Cooking FOR the Birds Recipes zau(256,152,180,'gob','http://z.about.com/5/ad/go.htm?gs='+gs,''); Bird Facts and Information Attracting Birds Photography Bird Problems ... Help zau(256,138,125,'el','http://z.about.com/0/ip/417/0.htm','');w(xb+xb); Stay Current Subscribe to the About Birding / Wild Birds newsletter. Search Birding / Wild Birds Bird and Butterfly Gardening Books - A Review As I began the , I set off for the bookstore to get some ideas for designing my bird and butterfly haven. There were many many books with bird garden sections, some good, some that I could easily live without. I splurged and bought five different books. I've read each of these books and have found all of them helpful for this project. In this week's article, I'm going to give you my impressions of the books I bought. At the end of this article, I've provided links to Amazon Books so you can get an idea of the price and availability if you decide you want to order the book. Birdscaping Your Garden by George Adams Attracting Birds to Southern Gardens by Thomas Pope, Neil Odenwald, and Charles Fryling, Jr.

66. Butterfly Gardening Regional Guide butterfly gardening GUIDE. GARDENING MAIN GUIDE INDEX. USA REGIONAL GARDENINGGUIDE. This section bookmark us! EUROPEAN butterfly gardening LINK. http://www.thebutterflyfarm.com/Butterfly_Gardening_Guide_Regional_Guide.htm

SITE INDEX Home About the Farms Butterfly Gardening Guide Gift Shop ... Vacation St.Maarten BUTTERFLY GARDENING GUIDE GARDENING MAIN GUIDE INDEX USA REGIONAL GARDENING GUIDE This section of the Butterfly Gardening Guide identifies the most common butterflies of your region, the nectar plants (flowers) you will need to attract them and (most important) the host/larval plants for the caterpillars to eat. A very big thank you to Paul A. Opler for letting us use his excellent photos to help identify your butterfly visitors. This guide applies only to the USA and Canada. For our New European link please go to the bottom of this page. REGION 1. Oregon, Washington, southern British Columbia. REGION 2. Arizona, California, Nevada. REGION 3. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, southern Alberta, southern Saskatchewan, southwest Manitoba. REGION 4. New Mexico, Texas REGION 5. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin, southeast Manitoba. REGION 6.

67. Butterfly Gardening Guide butterfly gardening GUIDE. MAIN GARDENING INDEX. Butterflies The Basics(useful information common to all butterfly gardens). Regional http://www.thebutterflyfarm.com/Butterfly_gardening_guide.htm

SITE INDEX Home About the Farms Butterfly Gardening Guide Gift Shop ... Vacation St.Maarten BUTTERFLY GARDENING GUIDE MAIN GARDENING INDEX Butterflies are less plentiful than they used to be and many species are now endangered. Yet, butterflies like plants, animals and other insects are important to the survival of all living things. For this reason alone the conservation of butterflies is becoming crucial. The good news is that it is very easy to attract butterflies to your own backyard, no matter how small or urban, and thus help to preserve these most brilliant and fascinating creatures. And with just a little effort the butterflies will reward you with the spectacle of a variety of living color that is unmatched by any other wildlife. The Basics (useful information common to all butterfly gardens) Regional Guide (identify the most easy to attract butterflies, nectar plants and host/larval plants for your area) Hints and Tips Milkweed Guide Monarch Butterflies and their Plants Raising your own Butterflies ... WIN FABULOUS PRIZES

68. Butterfly Garden Donahue, Julian P. Take a Butterfly to Lunch butterfly gardening in Los Angeles. Terra the Members Magazine of the Natural History Museum Alliance, Vol. http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/mc/services/dep/greenman/butter.htm

Introduction Plant List Related Organizations References ... Zen Gardens Creating a Butterfly Garden Butterflies, for all their fluttering beauty and richness of color, have unfortunately met with much the same treatment as many of the other beneficial organisms in our environment. Their habitat has declined significantly due to the persistent impact of overdevelopment and urban sprawl. Moreover, their very existence is continually threatened by chemical-intensive efforts to eliminate agricultural, lawn, and garden pests. Ron Boender, owner of Butterfly World in Florida once noted that "butterflies were the most sensitive barometer of the entire environment." Their presence around our homes and gardens indicates a vital, healthy ecosystem; their absence, a serious decline in that system's overall health. And Frank Elia at the Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center at Callaway Gardens, Georgia, commented that most perennial beds and borders would have all the makings for fantastic butterfly gardensexcept for the general use of pesticides in those areas. Why develop a butterfly garden? Beyond the beauty and life that these near-magical creatures bring to our gardens and homes, a butterfly garden provides a biological ark: a unique habitat which aids in the preservation of these often endangered insects. And the butterfly garden becomes a unique habitat for gardeners as well, teaching all of us to live without pesticides, to accept some losses to hungry caterpillars, to fit in with a natural, evolving system.

69. Hort On The Internet: Butterflies ButterfliesGardening for Oregon. butterfly gardening - Clemson. butterfly gardening- Florida. butterfly gardening - Georgia. butterfly gardening - Louisiana. http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/hortinternet/butterflies.html

Consumer Horticulture Plant Factsheets Hort on the Internet Attracting Butterflies - NWF ... Hort on the Internet For comments, problems with links or suggestions for additional links: e-mail Erv Evans , Consumer Horticulturist, NC State University Updated: Winter 2004

70. Butterfly Gardening For more information on butterfly gardening in Manitoba consult The Butterfliesof Manitoba (by P. Klassen et al, 1989) or check out The Butterfly Web Site. http://www.city.winnipeg.mb.ca/cms/parks/envserv/interp/Butterflies!.htm

What could be more enjoyable, on a warm sunny day, than a yard full of butterflies? You can encourage butterflies to visit your yard by planting native prairie wildflowers. Many prairie plants provide nectar as food for the winged adult stages of butterflies. Just as importantly though, prairie plants are important food for the larval stages of many butterflies, the caterpillars. Growing plants for bugs to eat? Horticultural heresy, you say! In fact, as native prairie habitats continue to shrink, butterfly gardens can play an important role in conserving both our butterflies and our wildflowers! While adult butterflies will sip nectar from a variety of flowers, the caterpillars are picky eaters. The caterpillars of each kind of butterfly will only eat the leaves of a certain kind of plant. For example, monarch butterfly caterpillars must have milkweed plants to eat. SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR A BUTTERFLY GARDEN Here are some plants to consider for your butterfly garden. We have seeds of all those mentioned here. Some are "nectar-sources" and some are "host plants", or caterpillar-food. It's important to have both kinds in a real butterfly garden. NECTAR SOURCES Grow a variety of plants as nectar sources so there will be flowers available throughout the growing season. Perennial wildflowers are more attractive to butterflies than horticultural annuals. Here's some plants to consider:

71. West Virginia DNR - Butterfly Gardening butterfly gardening butterfly gardening can be a new and enjoyable pastime–aswell as enhancing your surroundings and the quality of your environment. http://www.wvdnr.gov/Wildlife/ButterflyGarden.shtm

Wildlife Home Contact Us News DNR Home Hunting Fishing Law Enforcement Publications Disability Services News/Info Licensing go Wild! License Plate Kid Zone Butterfly Gardening Butterflies can be a welcome addition to your home and surroundings. Not only do their bright colors add excitement to our lives, but they are also effective crop and flower pollinators, play an important role in the food chain, and are sensitive indicators of environmental quality. However, to attract the greatest number and variety of these beautiful creatures, plants that serve all the life stages of butterflies must be provided. All of the approximately 760 different butterflies in the U. S. and Canada follow the same general life cycle. The cycle begins with eggs, laid in spring, summer or fall. Once hatched the tiny larvae (or caterpillars) molt 4 to 5 times, before enveloping themselves in a cocoon or chrysalis undergoes metamorphosis and emerges as an adult butterfly. The entire process takes an average of 5 to 6 weeks. Some butterflies go through only one cycle or generation each year.

72. Spirogyra Butterfly Garden - Links To All The Butterfly Pages On The Web Spirogyra Butterfly Garden. (San Jose, Costa Rica). Doit-yourself. Butterfly Zone(butterfly gardening); Butterfly Farming Information; Art of Collecting Moths; http://www.infocostarica.com/butterfly/news.htm

Spirogyra Butterfly Garden (San Jose, Costa Rica) Butterfly Links: CATEGORIES General Information on butterflies Do-it-yourself Regional Information on butterflies Societies, Associations, Groups, Universities, Museums ... Other Sites with Links General Information on butterflies Caterpillar Hostplants Database The NABA Butterfly Common Names List Butterflies in Education Butterfly Arc (Italy) Children's Butterfly Site Spanish Butterflies on CD-ROM Do-it-yourself Butterfly Zone (butterfly gardening) Butterfly Farming Information Art of Collecting Moths Butterfly Farming Information Australian Lepidoptera Larvae ... Life of the Caterpillar - by J. Henri Fabre Raising Moths and Butterflies Rearing British Butterflies # 1 Rearing British Butterflies # 2 Stinging Caterpillars Regional Information on butterflies Moths of the United States (distribution maps, photos) Butterflies of the United States (distribution maps, photos)

73. Butterfly Gardening - Ames Garden Guides Gardening For Butterflies Butterflies go where they please so it is importantto create an attractive environment to lure them to your garden. http://www.ames.com/guides/butterfly/gardening.html

charts food tools back to gardening guide Gardening For Butterflies Butterflies go where they please so it is im po rtant to create an attractive environment to lure them to your garden. A butterfly friendly environment requires plenty of sunshine, shelter from the wind, a reliable nectar source, host plants for caterpillars and egg laying, water, and protection from danger of predators. Follow these simple guidelines: Select a full sun or half-day sun location with good, well-drained soil. Note which butterflies you want to attract and determine which plants they find most attractive for food or nectar. The time of flowering, duration of bloom, flower color, and plant size are all important considerations when selecting plants to attract butterflies. Plant a variety of perennials, annuals and grasses of different heights, flower color, and season of bloom to provide nectar for butterflies throughout the growing season. Small, tubular flowers attract a variety of butterflies. Plants with clusters of flowers are often better than plants with small single flowers because it is easier for butterflies to land on clustered or larger flowers. In addition to color and shape, the fragrance of the flowers also can help draw butterflies to the garden. Flowers with the heaviest perfume are most appealing to the butterflies' sensitive sense of smell. Don't overlook wildflowers and other native plants. You should also use annuals and perennials such as milkweed and grasses that are a food source for caterpillars.

74. The Science Spot: Butterfly Garden Design Rhonda Ferree (our butterfly gardening pro!) Mason County FS Plaza Josh and KevinIrons Homestead Gardens Jack Susan Pace Mason County Soil Water http://sciencespot.net/Pages/ncgardenpg.html

Nature Center Garden Design Pond Plants - Narrow Leaf Cattail, Native Water Lily, Wild Celery, Sweet Flag, Arrowhead, and Corkscrew Plant Wildflower garden was created using a butterfly/hummingbird seed mixture. Weed control is accomplished through the use of layers of newspaper and wood mulch. Special thanks to the following people/businesses for their help! Rhonda Ferree (our butterfly gardening pro!) Mason County FS Plaza Josh and Kevin Irons Mrs. McGrew's 3rd Grade class Mrs. Downs' 6th Grade class Mrs. R. Emme's 5th/6th Grade class Grant's Florist

75. Butterfly Gardening - Nature North Zine butterfly gardening! If you grow it, they will come! http://www.naturenorth.com/summer/bgarden/bttgrdF.html

76. Butterfly Gardening In Wisconsin Button Link to Native Wisconsin Butterflies Page Button Link to Butterfly Characteristicsand Behaviors Page Button Link to Butterfly Attraction Page. http://www.uwm.edu/People/rn/

77. Tips For Beginning Butterfly Gardeners butterfly gardening for the South. Dallas Taylor Publishing Company. The ButterflyBook, An easy guide to butterfly gardening, Identification Behavior. http://www.lpb.org/programs/butterflies/gardening.html

Tips for Beginning Butterfly Gardeners by Donna LaFleur The gardeners I interviewed for An Enchantment of Butterflies were all very enthusiastic about sharing their experiences in gardening for butterflies. I enjoyed hearing their success stories with plants that the butterflies enjoyed. So if you know someone in your area that gardens for butterflies, look to them as a source of information. They have probably tried many plants and determined what's good or not-so-good for your area. This might give you a head start and some immediate success in attracting butterflies to your garden. Once the butterfly "bug" has bitten you, then you'll be zeroing in on other plants to experiment with in your yard. (Oh, that's right, butterflies can't bite, but I have heard of butterfly kisses!) NECTAR AND HOST PLANTS There are two different kinds of plants you can grow for butterflies: plants that the butterflies will feed upon - nectaring plants ; and plants they will lay their eggs on - host plants. Each butterfly species has evolved so that it can only feed on certain plants, sometimes just one plant family will be a food source for the caterpillars. Most of the gardeners I talked with promote the idea of using both nectar and host plants to encourage butterflies into their gardens.

78. Butterfly Gardening (Green Pages) [Montreal Botanical Garden] butterfly gardening site planning, choosing plants, knowing the environment, nectarplants, host plants, garden composition, bibliography, links. http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/jardin/en/info_verte/papillons/papillons.htm

Butterfly gardening Planning your site Choosing the right plants Knowing your environment ... Butterflies Go Free Butterfly garden ing It's really quite easy to attract butterflies to your garden, and think of the hours of enjoyment! What could be lovelier than the sight of these charming insects flitting from flower to flower as they feed in your colourful flowerbeds? All it takes is a little planning and attention to a few basic rules to turn your garden into an attractive natural haven for beautiful butterflies. Monarch butterfly on common milkweed This presentation is part of the Horticultural Leaflets WEB+ Series of the Green Pages MENU ABOUT THE GARDEN GARDENS AND GREENHOUSES ... MAILBOX Last Update : 2002-02-22 Credits

79. Butterfly Gardening In Central Texas - Backyard Wildlife Habitat Program - Natio butterfly gardening in Central Texas. Copyright © NWF. For more information on butterflygardening read butterfly gardening for the South by Geyata Ajilvsgi. http://www.nwf.org/backyardwildlifehabitat/gulfstates_butterfly.cfm

About NWF Contact Us Search IN-DEPTH RESOURCES: OUR PROGRAMS WHERE WE WORK NEWSROOM Home ... the habitat shop Butterfly Gardening in Central Texas Rotting fruit, carrion and dung! Not exactly the first things one would think of when trying to attract butterflies to their garden but there are many elements to designing a butterfly garden that are often overlooked. Designing a butterfly garden starts with understanding that butterflies like all critters require the four basic components of habitat: food, water, cover, and a place to raise young. While many gardens are brimming with nectar for adult butterflies, a place for butterflies to raise their young, caterpillars, is seldom considered. For butterflies this place is a larval host plant, a plant on which a butterfly lays its egg(s) and where the emerging caterpillar finds it food. These plants are often species specific and include everything from forbes such as milkweeds, mallows, and thistles; herbes such as rue, parsley, fennel; vines such as pipevine, passion vine and milkweed vine; trees such as Mexican Plum, Tx Redbud, and Hopash; and grasses such as Inland Seaoats and Little Bluestem. Plants in a butterfly garden not only provide food and places to raise young, but they also help to provide shelter. Butterflies seek shelter from wind in order to feed, as an escape from rain or a too hot sun, and as an escape from predators. Shelter can be provided by creating man made structures such as trellises and fences with vines, or, they can be created by planting thickets, woodlands, or tall grasses. When planting a thicket, think messy and plant species close together. Include small trees such as: Yaupon Holly, Lanceleaf Sumac, and Mountain Laurel; shrubs such as agarita, lantana, cenizo and fragrant sumac, and vines such as crossvine, coral honeysuckle and carolina jessamine. The term woodland is used loosely. Even two or three trees strategically planted to block the wind or provide shade will work. Large clump grasses such as Big Muhly and for wetter areas, Bushy bluestem, not only provide great cover but also add wonderful texture to the garden.

80. Butterfly House And Butterfly Gardening Tips Appalachian Traveller butterfly gardening tips and strategies. A butterflyhouse will provide shelter from rain and wind. butterfly gardening Tips. http://www.apptrav.com/butflyhs.html

Appalachian Traveller Bird Houses Bat Boxes Deluxe Bluebird ... Mountain Travel Butterfly Gardening Tips Grow Lots of Nectar Plants Plant a variety of perennials and annuals that will bloom early in the spring and throughout the summer season. Cluster each variety in groups. Plant different heights of plants. Grow Caterpillar Food Plants (Host Plants) Many larval plants are wildflowers and weeds that you will want to plant in a separate area. Butterfly weed, dill, and parsley are good larval plants. Do not use pesticides. Choose a Sunny Location Butterflies are cold blooded and need the sun to fly. Nectar plants grow well in full sun and well drained soil. Rocks and evergreens will absorb heat for basking. Shelter Your Garden from the Wind Shelter from wind can be provided by a row of trees or shrubs, a fence or trellis with honeysuckle or other flowering vine. Provide a Place for Roosting Mount your butterfly shelter to a tree or stake about 18" high in a shady area among your garden nectar plants. Butterflies naturally roost in shrubs, tree crevices, under bark or in log piles. Some species (Mourning Cloak, Question Mark, and Comma) will hibernate over the winter. Allow For Water Create a mud puddle in your garden and occasionally add salt to the water for puddling butterflies such as Swallowtails.

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