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Butterflies and Butterfly Gardening

Although there's considerable interest in bird-attracting gardens, planning a garden for butterflies hasn't received quite as much attention in Australia. However, that may be changing.

More information about butterfly gardening to come to this page. In the meantime, remember that appropriate food plants for the caterpillars are even more important than food for the adults if you want to help butterflies to multiply.

Queensland Links

Butterfly & Other Invertebrates Club Inc This club is active in South East Queensland.

Brisbane Insects and Spiders

Myall Park Botanic Garden Butterflies

Butterflies recorded by Richard Zietek at Smith's Scrub Brisbane Rainforest Action & Information Network

Butterflies of the Townsville Area Peter Valentine, James Cook University

Gardening for butterflies ....some basic principles and a Townsville case study Peter Valentine, Australian Plants online - June 1999, Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants

Conservation of the Bulloak Jewel Butterfly Factsheet at The Hut Environmental and Community Association Inc. (THECA) website (PDF)

Butterflies and moths Tropical Topics Newsletter No. 54 April 1999, Environmental Protection Agency, Qld Govt (PDF)

Other Australian Links

Australian Museum Online Factsheets includes some butterfliy species

The Action Plan for Australian Butterflies (at Department of the Environment and Heritage website) Includes information on a number of species

Butterfly Mania Brian Faulkner, Australian Plants online - Sept 98, Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants

Australian plants that attract butterfies Zoological Parks and Gardens Board, Victoria (PDF)

Exotic plants that attract butterfies Zoological Parks and Gardens Board, Victoria (PDF)

Caterpillars: especially Australian ones by Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley

Butterflies from around Sydney, Australia by Don Herbison-Evans and Stewart Newman

South Australian Butterflies

Allen Sundholm's Entomology Web Pages

Butterflies and moths - Lepidoptera Wildlife of Sydney, Australian Museum

Flying Colours project Museum Victoria

Butterfly Gardening Western Australian Department of Conservation and Land Management

Sword-grass Brown Butterfly Project Knox Environmental Society, Victoria (PDF)

Some International Sites about Butterflies

Butterfly Conservation UK

The Butterfly Pavilion and Insect Center Colorado, USA

Environmental Enhancement with Ornamental Plants: Butterfly Gardening The University of Georgia, USA

Butterflies Love Desirable "Weeds" Mississippi State University, USA

Gardens Can Yield Flowers, Butterflies Mississippi State University, USA

Cultivate a Butterfly Garden Colorado State University

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