41. Atala Chapter Of The North American Butterfly Association-Butterfly Gardening Copyright Atala Chapter of NABA 2002 Butterfly Gardening What is a butterfly garden? Host Plants The key for having resident butterflies; Nectar Plants http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabaac/bflygardening.html

Butterfly Gardening What is a butterfly garden? Host Plants - The key for having resident butterflies Nectar Plants What is a butterfly? ... Excellent Butterfly Books for Florida What is a butterfly garden? Where have all the butterflies gone? Few sights are more delightful than that of a butterfly flitting from flower to flower. But sadly, butterflies have become all too rare in our rapidly changing environment. Due in part to increasing environmental awareness, more and more people are changing their home landscaping methods in order to attract and conserve butterflies. Reducing the use of pesticides and growing butterfly-friendly plants are simple ways to invite butterflies to your doorstep. Butterfly Gardening is a concept designed to attract butterflies through the growing of two types of plants: food plants for the caterpillars and nectar plants for the adults. Choosing the location for your garden is very important. Butterflies are “sun-loving” — they use their wings as solar panels, warming their bodies so they can fly. Also, most butterfly plants prefer full sun. Shrubs and trees will provide the protection that butterflies need on windy or rainy days, as well as providing a location for butterflies to roost at night. Grouping plants with similar needs for mass effect to attract butterflies is also helpful. This brochure includes information on the types of plants needed to start a butterfly garden and will introduce you to just a few of the species of butterflies that are found in south Florida. Once you have an active butterfly garden, you may want to learn the butterflies you are seeing.

42. WEC 22/UW057: Butterfly Gardening In Florida Background. Planting a butterfly garden is a great way to beautify your yard and help attract many of the different butterflies found in Florida. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/uw057

Home Local Offices IFAS Bookstore Advanced Search ... Download PDF Publication #WEC 22 Topics: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Butterflies Butterfly Gardening Butterflies ... Heugel, Craig Norman Butterfly Gardening in Florida Jaret C. Daniels, Joe Schaefer, Craig N. Huegel, and Frank J. Mazzotti Background Whether confined to a patio container or sprawled over several acres, a butterfly garden can be as simple or as complex as you wish to make it. The same basic concepts apply, regardless of the size. The most important thing to understand is that different butterfly species have different requirements, and these requirements change throughout their life cycles. A well-planned butterfly garden should appeal to many different butterflies and also cater to both the adults and their larvae (caterpillars). Proper garden design and choice of plants are essential. Such decisions will help influence which butterflies are attracted, remain in the area, and reproduce there. The total butterfly garden takes into account the food preferences of both adult butterflies and their larvae (caterpillars). Most adult butterflies feed on flower nectar and will be attracted to a wide variety of different flowers. Their larvae (caterpillars), though, rely on specific plants called host plants for food and are often greatly limited in the number of plants on which they can feed. Host plants may also provide shelter, camouflage, chemicals used for protection, courtship, and reproduction. It is not necessary to include larval host plants to attract butterflies, but adults tend to stay fairly close to the areas where their larval food plants can be found.

43. Butterfly Gardens - GardenWeb Active forum provided by gardenweb.com. Ask questions, give answers. http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/butterfly/

Blogs Garden Voices Forums Garden Forums ... Post a Message The Butterfly Garden T his forum is for the discussion of plants that both attract and provide habitat for butterflies. Instructions on using the forum are provided below. Before posting a question, please check the FAQ and do a search to make sure it hasn't already been answered. Wildlife Garden Hummingbird Garden Insects NN What's New on GardenWeb: Does Thanksgiving stress you out? Best and Worst Fast-Food Breakfasts 25 Fabulous Finds for Pets Holiday Gift Guide: Of the Month Clubs Messages: On-Topic Discussions [Switch to: Gallery Last Hurrah Posted by: butterflymomok 7 on Mon, Nov 8, 10 at 22:29 14 follow-ups, last one posted on Sat, Nov 13, 10 at 23:22 What kind of climbing vine to attract butterflies? Posted by: kumquat1 8b on Sat, Nov 13, 10 at 15:10 2 follow-ups, last one posted on Sat, Nov 13, 10 at 21:17 Sweet Everlasting Posted by: linda_tx8 on Sat, Nov 13, 10 at 15:24 2 follow-ups, last one posted on Sat, Nov 13, 10 at 20:34 Monarch or Viceroy Posted by: butterflyman 5 on Fri, Nov 12, 10 at 14:16 1 follow-up, posted on Sat, Nov 13, 10 at 19:27

44. Flying Flowers ...butterfly Gardening, Butterflies, Caterpillars, Butterfly, But Butterfly gardening in Florida. Lists of garden plants and how to grow them, information on butterflies and how to attract them, and how to raise caterpillars and butterflies. http://melanys.tripod.com/

Build your own FREE website at Tripod.com Share: Facebook Twitter Digg reddit document.write(lycos_ad['leaderboard']); document.write(lycos_ad['leaderboard2']); FLYING FLOWERS The little child whispered, " God, speak to me ," and a meadowlark sang. But the child did not hear. So the child yelled, " God, speak to me ," and the thunder rolled across the sky. But the child did not listen. The child looked around and said " God, let me see you ," and a star shone brightly. But the child did not notice. And the child shouted " God, show me a miricle! " and a life was born. But the child did not know. So the child cried out in despair, " Touch me God, and let me know you are there! " Whereupon God reached down and touched the child. but the child brushed the butterfly away. And walked off unknowingly. Anonymous Butterfly gardening is my passion. Butterflies and caterpillars are attracted to specific plants. I have learned what makes stuff grow, and what butterflies are attracted to which flower, and what the host plant for their catarpillars are. I don't beleive in keeping butterflies "captive". I beleive that "IF YOU PLANT IT, THEY WILL COME", and if you provide for their caterpillars, they will stay. My butterfly garden (& yard) were recently certified a Backyard Wildlife Habitat by the National Wildlife Federation. It is recognized as a place where wildlife may find quality habitat - food, water, cover, and places to raise their young.

45. NSiS: Florida Butterfly Gardening With Native Plants Creating a butterfly habitat and butterfly gardening with Florida native plants. http://www.nsis.org/butterfly/butterfly.html

Native Butterfly Gardening There are several levels of butterfly gardening depending on whether you want to just attract a few or provide a habitat inviting several varieties to move in lock, stock, and chrysalis. You can start by planting a few nectar plants or providing other lures to attract the butterflies in your area. You may find that you're satisfied or that you're so enchanted by your fluttering visitors that you want to do more. Butterfly habitat necessities Adult food sources In the garden, these are most often plants that provide nectar for adult butterflies. Most butterflies aren't very picky and will feed from a variety of flowering plants, though they may have a favorite or two. Other food sources include fermenting fruit, manure, carrion, and mud. Host plants Plants that provide a site for the butterfly to lay eggs and a food source for the emerging caterpillar. Be prepared for heavy munching on host plants Shelter Woody plants located near the nectar plants will provide butterflies with shelter during bad weather and at night. Water Butterflies can't drink from open water. They prefer very wet sand or soil.

46. Butterfly Gardens And Habitats Homepage For Butterfly Gardening Butterfly Gardening,Butterfly Garden Certification Program, Butterfly Garden Plants http://www.nababutterfly.com/

47. How To Make Butterfly Gardens | University Of Kentucky Entomology Instructions and pictures of correct plants, placement, preferred colors and butterfly anatomy. http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef006.asp

UK Home College Home Site Index Search ... Personnel Directory ENTFACT-006 Download Printable Version (PDF) HOW TO MAKE BUTTERFLY GARDENS by Stephanie Bailey, Extension Specialist University of Kentucky College of Agriculture Nectar Preferences Different species of butterflies have different preferences of nectar, in both colors and tastes. A wide variety of food plants will give the greatest diversity of visitors. Try staggering wild and cultivated plants, as well as blooming times of the day and year. Groups of the same plants will be easier for butterflies to see than singly planted flowers. Some varieties of flowers which are easy to find and grow in Kentucky, and will be attractive to many species of butterflies include: Aster Black-eyed Susan Butterfly weed Coreopsis Daylilies Goldenrod Hibiscus Lavender Lilac Marigold Butterfly Bush Oxeye Daisies Purple Coneflower Redbud Rosemary Verbena Other Attractants Another way to attract adult butterflies to your yard is to offer places (food plants) for females to lay their eggs. Some females are pickier about which host to lay their eggs on than others. A few specific examples of butterflies and their host plants are listed at the end of this fact sheet.

48. Articles - The Butterfly WebSite - Butterfly Photos, Butterfly Clipart, Educatio Butterfly Gardening in Texas Texas Agricultural Extension Service Butterfly gardening is http://butterflywebsite.com/articles/constructlist.cfm?type=butterflygardening

49. Raising Monarch Butterflies - Easy Step By Step Instructions Step by step instructions on raising Monarch and Swallowtail Butterflies. Create a butterfly garden using nectar and host plants. Learn about the Monarch Migration. http://www.glorious-butterfly.com

YOU SAY.... BUTTERFLY STORE MONARCHS BUTTERFLY GARDEN FOR TEACHERS MORE..... ] Subscribe To This Site Raising Monarch Butterflies Observe the miracle of a CATERPILLAR becoming a BUTTERFLY Raising Monarch butterflies is easy and very amazing The butterfly pictures above are a Monarch and Swallowtail that I raised at home. Several years ago, I became interested in creating a butterfly garden. I studied some butterfly gardening books. I planted some milkweed and....... the Monarchs arrived! I did some research on these beautiful creatures and decided to try my hand at raising them. I couldn't believe how easy it was. This miracle CAPTIVATED me!! YOU can also raise Monarch butterflies with my step-by-step guide of the life cycle of the Monarch Butterfly. Here are the amazing butterfly stages.... The tiny egg is laid on a milkweed leaf by the female Monarch. The hungry Monarch caterpillar eats many milkweed leaves. The green Monarch chrysalis on the right is "new". A butterfly will emerge from the transparent chrysalis on the left within a day. The newly emerged Monarch is drying its wings. Notice the "empty" chrysalis on the right.

50. Butterfly Farm The Butterfly Farm a world of butterflies, gardening, photography gifts and much more http://www.thebutterflyfarm.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&a

51. Home & Garden Information Center : Extension : Clemson University : South Caroli Factsheet from Clemson University on designing a home garden to attract butterflies. Includes lists of nectar and larval food plants. http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/index.html

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52. Creating A Butterfly Garden For successful butterfly gardening, you need to provide food for more than the adult butterflies. You need to provide for their caterpillar forms as well. http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/horticulture/components/DG6711e.html

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53. Naturearc Butterfly Culture Information about live butterfly and pupae and educational tips about butterfly gardening. http://naturearc-butterflyculture.com/

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54. Butterfly Gardening Blog Well, 2009 was a bad butterfly year for my garden. Very bad. I hope this year will be better! http://www.butterflygardeningandconservation.com/wpblog/

Swallowtails Sulfurs/Whites Brushfooted Little ... Butterfly Gardening Blog Welcome! This blog is mostly about butterfly gardening, but other types of plants and gardens, as well as other wildlife is blogged about too. January 11, 2010 2009 was bad! Filed under: Butterflies Well, 2009 was a bad butterfly year for my garden. Very bad. I hope this year will be better! Comments (0) June 1, 2009 butterflies this year Filed under: Butterflies I do have some caterpillars though, some Black Swallowtails (Papilio polyxenes) And yesterday I found one Giant Swallowtail egg on my prickly ash , but that is all so far. Comments (0) May 29, 2009 yellow coneflower and purple milkweed Filed under: Butterfly Garden Echinacea paradoxa ) and my purple milkweed Echinacea paradoxa seeds somewhere .. and a little space next to one of my purple milkweed - maybe next year! Comments (1) May 12, 2009 Monarda is blooming! Filed under: Butterfly Garden Comments (1) May 5, 2009 Turkey Vulture! Filed under: Other Wildlife I was able to get one decent picture of it: Comments (1) May 4, 2009

55. Gardensafari Butterflies (with Lots Of Pictures) Photographs and notes on common butterflies in a garden in the Netherlands. http://www.gardensafari.net/english/butterflies.htm

56. Monarch Watch : Butterfly Gardening : Creating A Garden Monarch Watch is a cooperative network of students, teachers, volunteers and researchers dedicated to the study of the Monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus and its spectacular http://www.monarchwatch.org/garden/creating.htm

M o n a r c h W a t c h Butterfly Gardening BUTTERFLY GARDENING Introduction Creating a Garden A Teacher's Guide Good Nectar ... Order Creating a Garden The first step in creating a butterfly garden involves a little scouting and research. The goal is to find out what butterflies live around you so you can include the plants they need for food. The best way to start is to look for butterflies around your proposed garden. Look at who visits your neighbors' yards, or watch in nearby parks, natural areas, roadsides, or gardens and write down the species you see. You can also find out about the species in your region by looking in books about butterflies and their habitats, or by talking to lepidopterists or organizations interested in butterflies. These organizations include local extension offices, the Xerces Society, the North American Butterfly Association (NABA), and conservation organizations in your region. Some of their addresses are listed in the bibliography. Butterflies require very specific plants as larvae, and females will lay their eggs only on these plants. For example, you will only get monarch larvae if your garden contains milkweed. Use information in books about butterflies to help you choose plants for butterfly larvae. But remember, the purpose of these plants is to serve as a food source for the caterpillars. You are planting them to be eaten by the caterpillars, and eaten leaves are good signs of your garden's health.

57. Butterfly Art, Butterfly Framing, NaplesButterfly.com Framed arrangements. Includes a page of tips on attracting butterflies to ones garden. http://www.naplesbutterfly.com

Get your copy Today Welcome to NaplesButterfly.com . We invite you learn about the beauty of the butterfly, purchase butterfly art in our gallery and explore butterfly gardening tips . At Naples Butterfly we stress the fact that no butterflies used in our art were killed, captured or are endangered. Thank you for visiting our site and we look forward to brightening your home or business with the beauty of our butterfly art. Please read our featured news articles below: Tropical Color - A Guide to Colorful Plants for the Southwest Florida Garden CAMEOS - The Butterfly Effect; Naples Illustrated Butterfly Gardening Made Easy for Southwest Florida A flitting obsession - The Butterfly Man reveals his passion; Naples Sun Times ... Naples landscaper's aim to preserve butterflies, both as art and in Florida's back yards; Naples Daily News E-Mail: mikemalloy@naplesbutterfly.com P.O. Box 2931, Naples, Florida 34106 Phone: (239) 732-6256

58. Butterfly Gardening A Guide to Butterfly Gardening in south Florida. Featuring plants that will atract specfic butterflies to your yard. http://www.a-garden-diary.com/butterfly.htm

Bringing Butterflies into your yard BUTTERFLY GARDENING South Florida’s climate offers gardeners the opportunity to attract butterflies every month of the year. There are about 160 species of butterflies in Florida. You can make them a part of your garden. First some facts about our flying friends. Butterflies do not bite or carry disease. In their adult form they do no harm. Butterflies are cold blooded ; they do not produce metabolic heat like humans, so they must rely on the sun to raise their body temperature so they can move about. Some bask with their wings open, others with wings shut. Many butterflies are territorial and fight, chasing others out of their territory. Butterflies can see ultraviolet light (light invisible to the human eye) which makes the markings on flowers very vivid to them and guides them to the nectar tubes. Some butterflies have ultraviolet reflectants or markings on their own wings which are visible only to other butterflies. Butterflies are pollinators . While they are not as abundant as bees, they do offer a particularly valuable contribution to the continuation of genetic diversity.

59. Welcome To Butterfly Gardens A site dedicated to victims/survivors of sexual abuse and incest. http://www.angelfire.com/space2/give_survivors/

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60. Lawn And Garden: Butterfly Gardening - Hendry County Extension Office Butterfly Gardening. Butterfly gardening has become one of the hottest gardening topics in recent years there is a great deal of interest in nurturing these colorful http://hendry.ifas.ufl.edu/lawn_and_garden/butterfly.shtml

@import "http://solutionsforyourlife.ufl.edu/templates/css/template_print_tier2.css"; Home About Us FAQs Contact Us ... Links Butterfly Gardening Butterfly gardening has become one of the hottest gardening topics in recent years - there is a great deal of interest in nurturing these colorful, airborne insects and attracting them to the garden. Few outdoor activities are more rewarding and easily available than attracting butterflies to a well-designed garden. Attracting butterflies adds a whole new dimension to gardening - by enticing butterflies into your yard you will not only be able to interact with these living jewels of nature in a way that may not be possible with larger wildlife, in the process you will also learn more about plants and our natural environment. SW Florida is a great place for butterfly gardening - our mild climate and diversity of ecosystems ensures that butterfly gardening can be enjoyed nearly year round.  The possibilities for butterfly gardens are dizzying - they can be simple or complex. Florida is home to around one hundred species of butterflies, not including the skippers of which there are nearly seventy more.

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