Butterfly gardening Facts for Kids

Butterfly gardening is a growing school of gardening, that is aimed at creating an environment that attracts butterflies, as well as some moths. Butterfly gardening is often done to invite those butterflies and moths to lay eggs as well. In addition to the planting of flowers that feed butterflies, other methods of attracting them are building "butterfly houses", with sand for puddling, water to drink, and food items, like rotten fruit.

Danaus plexippus on Asclepias
Aglais urticae on Dahlia
Painted Lady on Zinnia
Papilio machaon on Buddleja
Caligo beltrao with food items
Graphium doson puddling

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A monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) feeding on butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa). Monarch populations have been declining in abundance due to loss of habitat in the United States and deforestation at overwintering grounds in Mexico.
A monarch waystation near the town of Berwyn Heights in Prince George's County, Maryland (June 2017)
A coral hairstreak (Satyrium titus) resting on a clump of grass. The larvae will feed upon species in the family Rosaceae, including cherry (Prunus serotina)
Group of Lysandra coridon puddling
A monarch waystation in Bowling Green, Ohio, near Toledo (May 2019)
Hemaris fuciformis hovering at Scabiosa
Macroglossum stellatarum hovering at Verbena
Danaus plexippus on Asterales
Danaus chrysippus on Celosia
Aglais io on Zinnia
Gonepteryx rhamni, on Tagetes
Hyles lineata hovering at milkweed (Asclepias)
Two Aglais io and an Aglais urticae on Buddleja
Hemaris diffinis hovering at Buddleja
Papilio demoleus on Hibiscus
Polyommatus icarus on Lavandula
Heliconius cydno on Zingiberales
Colias erate on Rhododendron
Delias eucharis on Stachytarpheta
Pararge aegeria on Myosotis
Anthocharis cardamines on Aubrieta
Autographa gamma on Carduoideae
Zygaena transalpina on Knautia
Papilio demoleus on Rose
Hypolimnas bolina on Duranta
Pareronia hippia on Clerodendrum
Junonia almana on Angiosperm
Graphium sarpedon on Lantana
Agraulis vanillae on Passiflora

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