Attracting Butterflies to Your Backyard

Chase after a butterfly and it will fly away...but use the suggestions in this program and the butterflies will come to you! No back yard is too small for the perfect butterfly garden. You'll learn about the natural history of the butterflies, their needs, survival strategies, flight times and reproductive cycles..and the magic of their transformation from caterpillars to "flowers of the air". Learn about the plants and flowers irresistible to the butterflies. Enjoy the beauty of America's best-loved butterflies- the swallowtails, monarchs painted ladies, emperors, queens, in short, the lepidopteran royalty. Includes reference booklet.