tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289867951399005412.post4252794903463447412..comments2023-07-17T12:49:17.226+10:00Comments on Cate Ellink: Wildlife Wednesday - butterfliesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289867951399005412.post-62714048970584903502016-02-01T11:14:30.040+11:002016-02-01T11:14:30.040+11:00There seem to be heaps of butterfly attracting pla...There seem to be heaps of butterfly attracting plants - for flowers, pollens and nectar. It's quite amazing reading how many. And on those glass tank photos, the butterfly label is on the right and the feed plant on the left - and up there each butterfly only laid eggs on one species of plant (a different one per species of butterfly) and other food was not what the caterpillars would eat when they hatched, which seemed limiting...but that's what they were telling us in that butterfly lab.<br /><br />Cate xoCatherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09322007107036171737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289867951399005412.post-70363777005996016122016-01-30T00:27:00.590+11:002016-01-30T00:27:00.590+11:00All I know is buddelias - they're called '...All I know is buddelias - they're called 'The butterfly bush' I think. Or maybe that's something called 'Gaura' - but that looks like butterflies, whereas I think the buddelias/buddleias are butterfly attracting. I always thought I read somewhere that purple flowers attracted butterflies?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com