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Source for Your Birding
Needs
Tips
to
Attracting
Butterflies
to
Your
Backyard
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There is
nothing more
relaxing
than sitting
in a chair
or swing on
your patio,
deck, or
porch and
watching
butterflies
make a
graceful
trip around
your yard.
En in
today's
hectic
times, all
"seems at
peace and as
the Lord
intended",
as a
butterfly
pauses to
sip some
nectar or
relax on a
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Without a
doubt, the
number one
thing you
have to do,
to attract
butterflies,
is to quit
using
chemical
pesticides,
fertilizers
and
herbicides. |
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One thing
people often
forget is
it's
important to
provide
"Host
Plants", not
just nectar
sources.
By providing
host plants,
you can
watch the
metamorphosis
of a
caterpillar
into an
adult
butterfly.
Besides host
plants, of
course, you
need nectar
plants that
bloom from
the start of
the season
to late
summer and
fall. |
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Remember to
provide
butterflies
a place to
warm in the
sun.
Build a
butterfly
warmer by
arrange heat
absorbing
rocks on
their side
in a sunny
area, add
sand and
salts, and
keep moist
to further
attract
butterflies.
Line the
area with
plastic to
keep salts
from leaking
into the
soil. |
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Host
Plants
for
Butterflies |
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Butterfly
Name |
Host
Plant |
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Black
Swallowtail |
Carrot,
Dill,
Fennel,
Parsley |
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Great
Spangled
Fritillary |
Violet |
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Monarch |
Milkweed |
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Pearly
Crescentspot |
Aster |
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Pipevine
Swallowtail |
Pipevine
(Calico
Pipe,
Dutchman's
Pipe,
Rooster
Flower,
Virginia
Snakeroot) |
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Red-Spotted
Purple |
Wild
Cherry,
Willow |
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Spicebush
Swallowtail |
Sassafras,
Spicebush |
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Viceroy |
Cherry,
Plum,
Poplar,
Willow |
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Native
Nectar
Plants
Butterflies
Love |
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Wild
Columbine |
Lance
Leaf
Coreposis |
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Swamp
&
Whorled
Milkweed |
New
England
Aster |
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Butterfly
Weed |
Orange,
Purple
Missouri
and
Sweet
Coneflowers |
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Blue
Lobelia |
Cardinal
Flower |
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Prairie
Blazing
Star |
Joe
Pye
Weed |
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Rose
Berbena |
Button
Bush |
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