How to create native garden habitats to attract butterflies
Attracting the Eastern Pine Elfin to Your Garden Eastern Pine Elfin / Callophrys niphon Wingspan: 2.5 – 3.2 cm (1 – 1.25 in) The Eastern Pine Elfin butterfly is a member of the Lycaenidae family, commonly called Gossamer-winged butterflies. They are called ‘Gossamers’ because of their shimmering, iridescent wings and delicate appearance. These small to medium-sized butterflies […]
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How to attract clouded sulphur butterflies to your garden Clouded Sulphur / Colias philodice Wingspan: 3.8 – 7cm (1.5 – 2.75 in) A Butterfly Garden is a Bird Friendly Garden The Clouded Sulphur butterfly and the other species of butterflies in the Pierdae family are often considered agricultural pests because their host plants are in the pea
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The Orange Sulphur butterfly. You can attract this small butterfly to your garden by having the host and nectar plants it needs for its survival.
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Black Swallowtail – Papilio polyxenes Black Swallowtail butterflies are large butterflies that belong to the Papilionidae family. Black Swallowtails range throughout eastern North America, in the southwest United States and Mexico, but are not found in Newfoundland and Labrador. Planting host and nectar plants that Black Swallowtail butterflies need to complete their life cycle, will
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Papilio canadense The Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio canadense), is a beautiful yellow and black striped butterfly that may be a common visitor to your garden. This butterfly could become a resident if your garden has the host and nectar plants it needs to complete its lifecycle. Most importantly Canadian Tiger Swallowtails need specific host plants
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