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I love nature and my butterfly garden.  Here are some photos from my back yard.  I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!
If you are interested in Butterfly gardening, send me a message for some Free Milkweed Seeds!  They are easy to grow and they provide nectar for all kinds of adult butterflies.  Monarchs, Queens, and Soldiers use them as leaf food for their caterpillars too.  (See our home page for the Free Gemstone offer.)
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(HELP!  I'm swamped with requests for the milkweed seeds!  I can't keep up!  Please send a stamped, addressed envelope to the address below, and I will put the seeds in it and send it back to you.  Sorry, but I just can't keep up with the demand any other way.  It is SO gratifying to see the amount of interest!  I will be adding more info on butterfly gardening soon.  Send your questions and I will post answers for everyone as soon as I can.)   Butterfly FAQ's
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See bottom of page for info on butterfly gardening and links to butterfly sites.

A friendly Monarch!	Monarch Butterfly on a Milkweed	Queen Butterflies look very similar to Monarchs and they also use Milkweed as their caterpillar host plant.
Longwing Zebra	Sulphur Butterfly on a Penta	This is the side view of a Queen Butterfly.
White Peacock on a Porterweed	Giant Swallowtail on Penta.	Here is a Southern White that has just emerged from it's chrysalis.
Her are two Southern White  chrysalides ready to hatch,	This one has just emerged.	This one is checking out the  new world on it's birthday!

Monarch Caterpillar	Queen Caterpillar Note that it has 3 sets of "feelers" and the monarch only has 2.  The base of the feelers are red.	Sulphur Caterpillar Note the little white eggs on the left  edge of the second leaf from the left.
Julia Caterpillar	Gulf Fritillary caterpillar.	Polydamas Swallowtail Caterpillar
By the way, none of these caterpillars sting.  Those scary looking "thorns" bend and won't stick you. The Swallowtail caterpillars defend themselves with an "osmeterium" which emerges from their heads and sprays a smelly substance.  I'll try to get a picture when I can.
	Zebra Longwing caterpillar	Caterpillar for the Southern White  on Mustard leaf
Eastern Black Swallowtail Caterpillar	Becoming a "question mark", the stage prior to becoming a chrysalid.	Formed into the pupa or chrysalide
Two Orchid blooms	Zinnia	Swamp Hibiscus at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Green Anole at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary	Brown Anole displaying for a mate	Side view of a Longwing Zebra

If you are interested in Butterfly Gardening, here are some plants that are great for attracting butterflies.  Keep in mind that you need two kinds of plants for a good turnout in your butterfly garden, nectar plants that serve to feed the adult butterflies, and larval food plants that they can lay their eggs on for the caterpillars to eat when they hatch.  If you give them both of these types of plants, they can raise their families right in your yard and never have to leave!

Larval Food Plants:      Milkweed:          Monarchs, Queens, and Soldiers
                                        Passion Vine:     Zebras, Fritillaries, and Julias
                                        Parsley & Dill    Swallowtails
                                        Cassia:               Yellow Sulphurs (all different kinds)    
                                        Willow:               Viceroys
                                         Mustard             Southern Whites 
                                         Hackberry         Question Marks 
Nectar Plants:       Pentas, Porterweed, Ageratum, and Mexican Flame Vine do best in my yard.  Hummingbirds will also use these, so you get the best of both worlds!  Budleia (Butterfly Bush) is great but does better farther north.

Monarch Life Cycle        Julia Butterfly Life Cycle

I will be adding more information as I am able.

Butterfly Links:
Butterfly Zone                    http://www.butterflies.com
Butterfly World                  http://www.butterflyworld.com/
The Butterfly Sanctuary    http://www.thebutterflysanctuary.com 
Butterfly Sites in Dutch     http://fdiv.iaehv.nl/users/reneq/vlindersn.html
European Butterflies         http://www.geocities.com/europeanbutterflies/indexUS.htm
Dutch Butterfly Conservation    http://www.vlinderstichting.nl/en/welcome/index.htm
Butterflies of Europe         http://www.ahospers.scarlet.nl/index.htm
Schmetterlinge Butterfly Page    http://home.t-online.de/home/Walter.Schoen/
Captain's European Butterfly Guide    http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk/
Butterflies of Hawaii         http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ak5t-kmn/hawaii/hawaii.html
Butterflies of Japan           http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ak5t-kmn/index2.html     

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