Monday 19 October 2020

Gardening for butterflies

We all want to see colourful butterflies in our gardens. Most butterflies are attracted to the garden due to flowers. They feed on flowers nectar but some feed on rotting fruit. So when choosing your plants, select plants that provide food. It is also necessary to incorporate host plants for butterflies to lay their eggs on and larvae to eat. 


Butterflies like Pied and Golden Piper larval stage feeds on stinging nettle, while Gaudy and Garden commodore larval stage feeds on species of  Plectranthus.
 

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