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Feb 16
Get the bugs
Provide a muddy puddle in a sunny spot. Avoid the use of chemicals and pesticides.
Feb 16
USA Butterfly Exhibitions
SOUTH CAROLINA Congaree Swamp National Monument – Native Plant Butterfly Garden Hopkins, SC Roper Mtn Science Center’s Butterfly Garden Greenville, SC
Feb 16
Hungry, hungry!
Caterpillars are hungry. If they are awake, they are eating. Provide plenty of host/larval plants for them to eat.
Feb 16
Flowers
Flowers Flowers, flowers, flowers. You cannot have too many from the butterflies point of view. Red is their favorite color. Plant groups of similar colored flowers together.
Feb 29
Free Milkweed seeds
SAVE MONARCHS WITH FREE MILKWEED SEEDS The Live Monarch Foundation needs your help to plant Milkweed everywhere! The beautiful Monarch butterfly is declining in numbers. Many of our visitors have reported seeing few or no Monarchs in areas where they had previously been plentiful. The problem is that Milkweeds are at critical levels along the …
Feb 29
Sun-lovers
Butterflies like to bask in the early morning sunshine on sun-warmed rocks, bricks or gravel paths.
Feb 29
Planting
Plant in large groups or clumps. Choose the sunniest spot in your garden and try to protect your beds of nectar flowers from the prevailing wind.