Butterflies

Raising Painted Lady Butterflies
From Caterpillar, To Chrysalis, To Beautiful Painted Lady Butterfly!
My son and I raised two Painted Lady Butterflies from caterpillars, to chrysalises, to beautiful orange, brown, black, and white Painted Lady Butterflies! In the process, we learned a great deal about butterflies! Did you know that butterflies need the sun in order to fly? It's true! I'll share more about that and other things that we learned about Painted Lady eggs, caterpillars, chrysalises, and butterflies, as well as several of the pictures that we took, on this site. I'll dis...

Butterflies 101
Fascinating Butterflies of the World
Learn how to assist these fascinating insects in their struggle for survival Left: Anise Swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon) Butterflies are insects with four large wings that feed either on the nectar of flowers or on fruit. Together with moths, butterflies make up the scientific order Lepidoptera - the word means 'scaly wings'. There are more than 165,000 species of Lepidoptera - 20,000 butterflies and 145,000 moths. In my Wild Oasis I would plant a large Butterfly garden. A link to the larges...

The World's Most Beautiful Butterflies
A Modern Icon
It seems like everywhere I look I see butterflies. They are wedding themes, tattoos, and screensavers. It's no wonder because they are beautiful. They have been a favorite of mine since i was little. I remember always asking my mom for a jar with holes in it for the few i caught. I always let them go but i would watch them for long periods of time. My favorites are the ones that have that very bright blue, turquoise, they are just beautiful. I like to have them all around me so it makes s...

Butterfly Gardening
What Is Butterfly Gardening?
Simply put butterfly gardening is the art of growing flowers and plants that will draw in these colorful and nice animals to your garden. Please your family and visitors with beautiful butterflies, but make sure to create a safe home ground for them. If you own cats give a second thought to your plans, because it would be a shame to attract these adorable insects to their death.

Butterfly Gifts
Butterflies
Butterflies represent transformation. They change and transform from a caterpillar to a beautiful butterfly. To me butterflies are light and airy. You have heard the term social butterfly? To me that is also what butterfly represents, that sort of flitting here and there, no ties, keeping it light.

Butterflies in Sweden
Beautiful Flying Flowers
I have always loved to watch butterflies. They start to come out from their winter resting places when the sun is warm and lure them out. In Sweden there are 2 700 species in the group butterflies. I have picked just a few I like. The ones we call "butterflies" are flying in the day time. The other group are moths, and they are sometimes so fantastic to see if you take the time to study them. One way to catch moths is to place a sheet on the wall/ground and have a halogen lamp shining on it....

All About Butterflies
Butterfly Facts and Inspiration
Butterflies! A thing of beauty from humble beginnings. Butterflies bring delight to children of all ages. Butterflies inspire a sense of mystery and magic. Butterflies are symbols of hope and encouragement and regeneration after loss and tragedy. Take a stroll down our butterfly page to discover interesting and amazing facts about butterflies, and see how the beautiful butterfly inspires artists and crafts people to create colorful, fanciful works of art and design.

Do not eat me, I taste bad
Same colour, same taste
If you are lucky enough, and you belong to a species that tastes disgusting, as prey, you will surely wish to let the world know it. Maybe this can save your life. Thats why, during the ages, a lot of different species - for example of butterflies - converged on the same warning pattern. Its safer: the probabilities to be you the one thats eaten as "example" for each predator... well, decrease quickly. This is called "Mullerian mimicry". Scientists now identified a "copycat gene" that allows ...

Butterflies and Flowers
The Butterfly
There are several things in nature that just makes my heart fill with joy! The Mountains, Flowers, Dragonflies, Hummingbirds and Butterflies! I love purple flowers, purple leaves on plants and the deep red tones on Autumn Leaves. Okay, so I am sounding sapping, sorry but this is all true! When I am in the nature taking pictures, when I find special "Insects" captured in my photography I am like a kid in a candy store! I hate spiders!! Sorry I know that have good spiritual medicine but YUKE!!...

Like Small Tortoiseshell caterpillars do
It's the right time to meet a wonderful couple of wings
If you live in a northen area, and you like to go walking around in the green as soon as the good season comes, probably you'll see a black moving net between small brunches and tender leaves, from time to time. It's the Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) caterpillar. In some moments of its life, it loves to gather with its similars, and to stay all together in a safe net near a tasty lunch, that is a leaf.