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for adult butterflies.Mostarereadilyavailableat localnurseries.Remernberthat
color aremoreattractiveto butteffliesthan scatteredsrnallclumps.$on'f fcrgefto pravidea littfe
pool of waterfor the butterflies;
a birdbathworkstao!
NECTARPLANTSFORBUTTERFI-IffiS
COMMONNAME
BOTANICALNAME
FLOWER
CCLOR
lavender,
white
Pink,purrple,
fu0ercsff"
Coneflower,Purple
coneflower
us occidentalfs"
Echinaceapurpureat
jers+dqi-"ryfl't*
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DarkBir'rk
Cosmos bipinnatus"
Red-orange{goodfor
Purple,pink
. , . . .
- F ]
Lantana honida, L- montevi-
Pink.blue.lavender.white
Yellow,orange,white, pink,
lavender.and combinations
houstonianutrio
Red,pink,lavender,white
Eqyptianstar flower
Purple,prnK__reg[1g[(g
Pinkdr;owhite
Verbenaspp. (severalspecies
*isa nativeorgenusincludes
nativespecies
Red,pink,lavender,blue
Purpfe,lavender,blue,red, pink,
white
red. pink.white
camara
alsoworks,butis considered
aninvasive.
f Lantana
Femalebufterfliesareat leasfas interesteti
in finiinga placeto tay theireggsas they
are in findingfoodto eat. So,if you can sharesomeof yourgardenplantswithhungrycaterpillars,
you will haveevenmore butterfliesin your yard! Mostcaterpillars
eaf onlyI verylimitedrangeof
plants,so plantingthe right "hostplants"
you drsnat haveto worry
or food plantsis important--and
ea/ wesc/sandnativ*
thattheywitl spreadto ather plants.Also,becausesornecaterpillars
grasses,leavinga patchof wild,unmowedvegetationwillhelp attractbutterflies"
FOODPLANTSFORCATERPILLAR$
BUTTERFLY
SPECIES
Blackswallowtail
Giantswallowtail
swallowtail
Spicebush
swallowtail
Pipevine
Cloudless
sulphur
Littlesulphur
Sfeepysulphur
Cabbagebutterfly(sometimes
a pest!)
considered
Monarch
Queen
Gufffritillarv
Zebralonqwinq(rarein our area)
Viceroy
purple
Red-spotted
Redadmiral
Buckeye
Paintedlady
Pearlcrescent
Texascrescent
Hackberrybutterfly
Tawnyemperor
Snoutbutterflv
Questionmark
Goatweedbutterflv
Giantpurplehairstreak
Grayhairstreak
FOODPLANTFORITSCATERFILI.AR
$TAGE
Dill,parsley,anise,fennel,carrot$,rue
Citrus,rue,monevor hoptree,pricklyash
sweetbay,recibay,
tree,spicebush,
Qarnphor
sassafras,tufiptree
Dutchman's
Senna.partrid
Pa
rtridqe
spnout*,
bru;ssel
Cabbage,broccoli,cauliflowen,
kohlrabi
Milkweeds
Millcweeds
vines
Passionflowen
vines
Passionflower
poplar,willow
Cottonwood,
Willow,cottonwood,_bleck
_qhgry
Nettles,falsenettle
Plantain,snapdragon
thistles
Hollyhock,
Aster
Shrimpplant,dicliptera,ruellia
Hackberv
Hackberry
Hackberry
Hackbeny,elm
Goqtweed_(Croto1tspp,)
Mistfetoe
Variouslegumes
Thereare a numberof excellentbookson native butterfliesandon butterflygardening.The
followingare a few of our favorifes;
Co.,Dallas,TX. 342pp.
Ajilvski,G. 1990. Butterflygardening
for the $outh. TaylorPublishing
.(about$35:00)
Mitchell,
R.T.,andH.S.Zim. 1987.Butterflies
andmoths:agoldenguide.GoldenPress,New
York,NY. 160pp. (about$7.00)
Stokes,D., Stokes,L., and E. Williams.1991.The butterflybook: an easyguideto butterfly
gardening,
identification,
andbehavior.Little,BrownandCo.,Ne$rYork,NY. 96 pp. (about
$12.00)
of
Texas"LJniversity
of Houstonandsoutheast
Tveten,J., andG. Tveten. 1996. Butterflies
AustinPress,Austin,TX. 292pp,. (about$40.00)