Jonny and I went to Butterfly World. It was Amazing! You will never see as many butterflies as you see in this place! They have so many different kinds of plants and butterflies. They also have a nursery area where you can see the butterflies coming out of their chrysalis.
They gave me a list of plants to use for butterfly gardening. The following are larval plants for South Florida yards:
Dutchman’s Pipe (Any Aristolochia spp.) for the Polydamas Swallowtail
Wild Lime (Zanthoxylum fagara) and Citris (Ruta spp.) for the Giant Swallowtail
Passion Vine (Passiflora spp.—Suberosa, Incense, Incarnata) for the Zebra Longwing, Julia, and Gulf Fritillary
Wild Senna (Cassia spp.—Shrubs: Alata, Didymobotrya, Coluteoides; Trees: Surratensis, Fistula) for the Orange-barred Sulphur butterfly and the Cloudless Sulphur butterfly
Milkweed (Asclepias Curassavica) for the Monarch and the Queen butterflies
Their recommendations for nectar plants are as follows (plant in abundance): Buddleia (Butterfly Bush), Heliotrope, Lantana, Milkweed, Mint, Pentas, Porterweed, Verbena, and Zinnias.
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1:50 pm
Hi Andria, I found your page about the Gulf on the side of the house before the roof got pressure washed, but couldn’t leave a comment from that page. When I have a chrysalis I want to move, I use a pair of tweesers to hold the stem as far away from the chrysalis as possible and pull it off. Then I use a bit of tape, trying to get it on just the stem, to attach it to its new location, which for me is usually a wooden cooking skewer because they’re small enough to wrap the tape around easily, and easy to break to the right length to fit in one of my bug boxes. Cute site… I’m still browsing it. Have a look at mine; we seem to have a lot in common. I’m down in the Broward / Palm Beach area, and my butterflies stick around all year long.
10:27 am
Wow! Your website might be my new favorite! Your pictures are amazing! Do you actually have all of those butterflies in your yard? We have a battle here since most people in my neighborhood pay to have pesticides sprayed all over their yard. It drives me insane! I feel like I am the only one that has a healthy yard.
I am still in the process of adding new plants to bring new butterflies into my yard. I homeschool my son, so we are very busy these days. Thanks for your comments. I really enjoyed your website and would like to share it with others. For those of you that live in the area, check out Steph’s site…it’s awesome:
http://butterflies.heuristron.net/