Butterflies and Their Larval Food Plants
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Description: Photographs and detailed descriptions of the butterflies and their foodplants of Orange County, California by Peter J. Bryant and Larry Orsak of the University of California, Irvine.
BUTTERFLIES AND THEIR LARVAL FOODPLANTS BUTTERFLIES AND THEIR LARVAL FOODPLANTS ) Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, Butterflies can be attracted to your garden by providing suitable flowers from which they can obtain nectar. Most butterflies can utilize a wide variety of flowers, including those of many cultivated varieties, as nectar sources. However, a more critical need is for the plants that provide food for the larval (caterpillar) stages, and most species will accept only one or a few species of plants at this stage. If a butterfly is found near your area, you can probably attract it and increase its population by planting the correct foodplants for the caterpillars. Although the caterpillars will feed on the leaves of these plants, the damage is usually minor and only temporary. Caterpillars of some species feed on plants that are usually considered weeds, and you can benefit populations of these species by not removing all of the weeds.
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