1. Butterfly Gardening And Conservation Photographs, diagrams, and types of butterflies. Focuses on butterflies most commonly found in Missouri. http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/nathis/insects/butterf/

@import url("/css/core_style.css"); BUTTERFLY GARDENING AND CONSERVATION INTRODUCTION Butterflies go wherever they please and please wherever they go. They are messengers of nature, not only adding brilliance to their surroundings but also pollinating flowers and revealing the healthiness of our communities. Historically, butterflies have been revered in art and lore but otherwise have been ignored. Today, however, we are beginning to realize the many benefits of these smaller wildlife forms. The role of butterflies is important in our natural world. Their sheer numbers supply a vast food source for predators, and they are significant plant pollinators. If plants are not pollinated, seeds and fruits are not produced. With their acute sensitivity to pesticides and toxins, their presence, diversity and relative abundance indicate the overall well-being of our ecosystems. Their message is simple: A healthy community usually has a large number and wide array of butterfly species; a contaminated or altered community doesn't. Butterfly-watching ranks high among our outdoor pleasures, right alongside enjoying birds and wildflowers. The aesthetic appeal of these winged creatures is even more significant once we realize that butterflies neither sting, bite, nor transmit disease. Using this booklet and other related materials, may you learn more about nature through the world of butterflies.

2. Butterfly Gardening (Green Pages) [Montreal Botanical Garden] Tips from the Montreal Botanical Garden's Green Pages on how to make a garden that will attract butterfiles. Advice on planning the garden and choosing plants. 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 From the Montréal Botanical Garden Horticultural Leaflet 1E4. 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 Ville de Montréal

3. Butterflies And Butterfly Gardening In West Virginia WVU Extension Service information on butterflies in West Virginia. http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten/wildlife/butterfl.htm

4. Monarch Watch : Butterfly Gardening : Introduction Host plants and gardening tips to attract the Monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus. http://www.monarchwatch.org/garden/

M o n a r c h W a t c h Butterfly Gardening BUTTERFLY GARDENING Introduction Creating a Garden A Teacher's Guide ... Order Site by JpL Updated 22-JUN-00 Introduction Scientists, environmentalists, and politicians have brought habitat destruction and the cost that has for wildlife to the attention of people around the world. In response, many people have begun work to preserve the natural areas that still exist and to restore other areas that once served as home to wild animals and plants. Schools can also take part in this preservation and restoration movement by making their yards more friendly to wildlife. A beautiful and fun way to do that is to plant a butterfly garden. For people, like you, who are interested in monarchs, a butterfly garden is an easy way both to see more monarchs and to contribute towards their conservation. And if you plant a garden, you'll be able to watch not only monarchs but also many other butterfly species right in your backyard. A butterfly gardener reaps many rewards. People usually enjoy the same colorful flowers butterflies prefer, so a butterfly garden can win compliments from you and your neighbors. If you plant a butterfly garden where there used to be lawn, there is also less grass to mow, which means less work with the lawn mower as well as less air and noise pollution if your mower runs on gas. Butterflies like lots of different plants, so creating a garden adds biological diversity to your yard. Diversity can reduce populations of pest insects by making it harder for them to find their host plants. Butterflies also often like native plants. Including those species in your garden usually means less maintenance, since those plants are used to the natural weather conditions in your area. Butterflies themselves are an important part of the ecosystem, and can pollinate many plants.

5. Butterfly Campaign Region 6 Offers a list of region six butterflies and their food sources. http://www.butterflyworld.com/region6.html

A Regional Guide to Butterfly Gardening Region 6 (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia) Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes Fennel ( Foeniculum vulgare Parsley ( Petroselinum crispum Carrot ( Daucus carota Dill ( Anethum graveolens Spicebush Swallowtail Papilio troilus Spicebush ( Lindera benzoin Sassafrass ( Sassafrass albidum Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus Wild Cherry ( Prunus spp.) Poplar ( Populus spp.) Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor Pipevines ( Aristolochia spp.) Buckeye Junonia coenia Snapdragon ( Antirrhinum spp.) Verbena ( Verbenaceae Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos Asters ( Asteraceae Monarch Danaus plexippus Milkweed ( Asclepias spp.) Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae Wild Senna ( Cassia spp.) Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae Passion Vine ( Passiflora spp.) Red-spotted Purple Limenitis astyanax Willow ( Salix spp.) Wild Cherry( Prunus spp.) FLOWERS (Nectar Sources) The following are excellent sources of nectar for your Butterfly Garden and can be purchased at most retail nurseries and garden centers throughout the country. Plant these in abundance where regionally available: Buddleia, Heliotrope, Lantana, Milkweed, Mint, Pentas, Porterweed, Verbena and Zinnias. © 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Butterfly World

6. Butterfly Gardening Factsheet from Clemson University on designing a home garden to attract butterflies. Includes lists of nectar and larval food plants. http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/HGIC1701.htm

HGIC 1701 http://hgic.clemson.edu Butterfly Gardening Flying flowers or jewels of the sky are just two of the terms that have been used to describe the beauty and fascination that people have for butterflies. By following a few simple steps, you can attract these flying beauties to your garden. WHY DO BUTTERFLIES VISIT A GARDEN? Butterflies are looking for two things when they enter a garden: nectar , the food that adult butterflies need, and host plants , the place where the female will lay her eggs and the food that caterpillars need. Both are necessary to create a successful butterfly garden. NECTAR PLANT FACTORS Nectar plants These are plants with flowers that produce the sweet fluid that many insects, including butterflies, use as food. Flower colors Many of our native butterflies prefer plants that have pink, red, purple, yellow or orange flowers. Butterflies appear to be attracted to areas with large masses of a single color, or closely related colors, rather than gardens with many colors mixed together. Flower types Most butterflies must land in order to get to the nectar. They prefer plants having either clusters of short tubular flowers, or flowers with large, flat petals.

7. How To Make Butterfly Gardens Tekulsky, M. The Butterfly Garden, Harvard Common Press, Boston, 1985. 144 pp. Xerces Society/Smithsonian Institution. butterfly gardening Creating http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

8. The Butterfly WebSite - Butterfly Photos, Butterfly Clipart The complete website for butterfly lovers, gardeners, teachers, students, and farmers. Butterfly clip art, inspirational stories, butterfly http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

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10. MBG: The Butterfly House - Page Not Found Classes. butterfly gardening. Butterfly directory. Plant directory The Butterfly House Faust Park, 15193 Olive Blvd. - Chesterfield, MO 63017 http://www.butterflyhouse.org/gardening.html

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11. SEABA: NABA/SOUTHEAST ARIZONA BUTTERFLY ASSOCIATION Meetings, field trips, workshops, newsletter, count results, butterfly gardening, projects, checklist, and news. http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabasa/home.html

A CHAPTER OF NABA SOUTHEAST ARIZONA BUTTERFLY ASSOCIATION ENTER THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF BUTTERFLIES With Arizona's only chapter of NABA, the North American Butterfly Association Two-tailed Swallowtail Papilio multicaudata Mt. Graham 24 July, 2004 (HB) THE STATE BUTTERFLY OF ARIZONA SEABA is a local chapter of the North American Butterfly Association ( NABA ), a federally listed tax exempt charitable organization. Our area covers most of Pima, Santa Cruz, Cochise and southern Graham Counties ( the area covered by postal zip codes 856 and 857 ) but as this is one of the prime butterfly spots in the country we have members from all over. Both SEABA and NABA are non-profit organizations formed to promote non-consumptive, recreational butterflying and to increase enjoyment, knowledge and conservation of butterflies including butterfly gardening, identification, photography and outreach to to local schools and the public. Whether you're new to butterflies or an expert, we're a relaxed group of fun-loving butterfly enthusiasts. Our members have all levels of knowledge and experience from beginners to advanced so you don't have to be an expert to join in the fun! ALL SEABA ACTIVITIES ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!!!

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13. MBG: The Butterfly House - Butterflies Throughout the country, the general requirements for butterfly gardening are One of the most common mistakes in butterfly gardening is planting only one http://www.butterflyhouse.org/butterflies/butterflygardening.aspx

Search Shop Private Occasions Join today! Directions Group Sales Virtual Tour Private Occasions Photo Policy Calendar of Events Private Occasions Wedding Classes Butterfly Gardening Butterfly directory Plant directory Butterfly School Group Sales Classes Job Opportunities Internships Volunteer at the Butterfly House Butterfly House History Press Room Contact Us Home Visit BH Events Butterflies And Plants Education Membership Ways to Give Give a Tribute About the Butterfly House skm_registerMenu('Menu1',new skm_styleInfo('#BA3032','','','','','','','','',''),new skm_styleInfo('','','','','','','','','',''),2,true); Sign up for our e-mail newsletter Visit our family of attractions: Missouri Botanical Garden Shaw Nature Reserve EarthWays Center Butterfly Gardening Butterfly Gardening Facts Butterfly gardens can be grown throughout the United States. There is a wide variety of both butterfly attracting (nectar) plants and host plants covering climate zones throughout the country. Butterfly gardens can range in size from a few containers placed in a sunny spot to several acres. Nectar-producing plants will attract butterflies to your garden. In order to support a full butterfly lifecycle, host plants (for laying eggs and use as a caterpillar food source) must also be present.

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15. Butterfly Garden - Articles On Butterfly Gardens, Butterfly Plants, And Attracti Articles on butterfly gardens, plants, and attracting butterflies to your garden. http://www.thebutterflysite.com/gardening.shtml

Your #1 Site for Butterfly Info on the Internet! Gardening - Great tips for attracting butterflies to your butterfly garden! Butterfly Garden Articles Gardening l Biology l Rearing l l Monarchs l Pictures l Activities Fun Facts l Live Releases l Butterfly Specimens l Gift Sites l Links l Store l HOME Butterfly Gardening Butterfly Gardening Links Butterfly Gardening A butterfly garden is an easy way to both see more butterflies and to contribute towards their conservation, since many natural butterfly habitats have been lost to urbanization and other development. It is easy to increase the number and variety of butterflies in your yard. Simply grow the plants the caterpillars like to eat, and plants that adult butterflies feed on! Many websites provide comprehensive charts of plants that butterflies are attracted to and larval food plants. Several books are available at your local bookstore with butterfly plant lists and garden plans. Plants with varying blooming cycles can be placed together to keep your garden full of activity throughout the growing season. Butterfly Houses have slots the ideal size for keeping birds out while giving butterflies protection from the wind and weather, and are beautiful garden decorations. By having a

16. The Butterfly WebSite - Butterfly Photos, Butterfly Clipart, Education, Butterfl Butterfly clip art, inspirational stories, butterfly gardening, wildlife gardening, educational articles, butterflies and moths in the news, ecology links, http://butterflywebsite.com/

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18. Butterfly Gardening Cranshaw and Paul Opler, Colorado State University, for the use of slides from the Colorado State Extension slide set on butterfly gardening. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

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20. 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 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 Site by JpL Updated 01-FEB-99 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.

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