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Information & resources about plants & gardens for Brisbane & Qld

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.
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
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
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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