One of the many things we offer here at Kapp & Kappy is our beautiful Butterfly Tour. In this post we’ll tell you a little bit about how we manage to gather all these butterflies. It all starts with food!
One of the many BUTTERFLIES in our garden
Larval Host Plants
The main thing we do to gather butterflies for our tour is have larval host plants. A larval host plant is a plant that insects lays eggs on with the idea that the larvae will hatch and survive. Larvae are an essential part of insect growth and if there are no larvae there will be no next generation of that insect. That’s why it’s essential, they find a safe place for their eggs. Knowing this we plant larval host plants so they can thrive and we can observe. We also be careful with the insecticides and other poisons that might hurt their growth cycles. It’s a win for everyone!
A chrysalis we spotted
We have a couple of larval host plants at the B&B and at Violet’s Garage including:
Milkweeds (Asclepias spp.)
Butterfly Weed (Asclepias Tuberosa)
White Twinevine (Asclepias Clausa / Sarcostemma Clausum / Cynachum Clausum)
Tropical Milkweed
Enjoy a mini-gallery of some butterflies we’ve seen in the back:
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