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The types of plants used in a butterfly garden will determine the species of butterflies that will visit the garden. Lepidoptera societies and the PLANTS Database of the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Natural Resources Conservation Service provide state and county-level distribution maps of specific plants. [16]
Pieris rapae is a small- to medium-sized butterfly species of the whites-and-yellows family Pieridae.It is known in Europe as the small white, in North America as the cabbage white or cabbage butterfly, [note 1] on several continents as the small cabbage white, and in New Zealand as the white butterfly. [2]
Pieris, the whites or garden whites, is a widespread, now almost cosmopolitan, genus of butterflies of the family Pieridae.The highest species diversity is in the Palearctic, with a higher diversity in Europe and eastern North America than the similar and closely related Pontia.
The Garden Club of South Carolina had identified this butterfly as a particular interest to South Carolina residents because the insect serves as a pollinator in orchards and gardens, according to ...
The Garden Club of South Carolina had identified this butterfly as a particular interest to South Carolina residents because the insect serves as a pollinator in orchards and gardens, according to ...
Precis archesia, the garden inspector or garden commodore, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, native to Subsaharan Africa. [1] Wingspan: 45–50 mm for males and 50–60 mm for females. [1] Flight period is year-round with two main broods from September to March and April to August. [1]
Find out how to attract butterflies with the right plants, water sources, and shelter.
Butterflies are important as pollinators for some species of plants. In general, they do not carry as much pollen load as bees, but they are capable of moving pollen over greater distances. [64] Flower constancy has been observed for at least one species of butterfly. [65] Adult butterflies consume only liquids, ingested through the proboscis.