By Piedro Molinero
When flirting with butterfly gardening, it is good to know a little bit more about these small and beautiful animals you want to attract to your backyard. To know which flowers and plants to grow for feeding butterflies, their eating habits are from particular interest for starting a butterfly garden.
As you probably already [...]
Posts under ‘Butterflies’
What Do Butterflies Eat?
Butterfly Gardening, Pt 2
More About Butterly Gardening
When creating a butterfly garden, the possibilities of what to include in your butterfly garden design are endless. Below are some suggestions to help get you started. They are designed to spark the creative process of your mind and get you started on your way to creating a lovely butterfly garden.
Before [...]
Butterfly Gardening
Butterfly Gardening
What is butterfly gardening? Simply put butterfly gardening is the art of growing flowers and plants that will attract these colorful and dainty creatures to your garden. Delight your family and visitors with beautiful butterflies, but be sure to create a safe habitat for them. If you own cats rethink your plans, because [...]
Butterfly Images
Butterfly Designs
Butterflies are one of the most colorful creatures on Earth, giving people of all ages plenty of viewing pleasure. You can find a variety of butterfly species around gardens and flowers, generally in areas of warm weather. Since people love butterflies so much, it is not uncommon to find such designs in many [...]
Tiger Swallowtail Butterflies
Tiger Butterfly
The tiger butterfly, named for its yellow color with black stripes, is mainly found in the forests of Central America. Other locations for the tiger butterfly include the Eastern United States and Canada. This particular species of butterfly loves the warm, moist air as well as plenty of food. They need to bask [...]
Monarch Butterflies
Monarch Butterfly
The Monarch butterfly is the best known and most popular butterfly. This is because it is the most commonly found and it also offers the most gorgeous colors you will ever find on a species of butterfly. This particular butterfly is commonly called the milkweed butterfly because they are commonly found eating this [...]
Butterfly Wings and Things
Butterfly Wings
Most of us has watched in wonder as beautiful butterflies flutter their wings to move about. Have you ever wondered how those wings work? If you look very closely at butterfly wings, you would soon realize that they are very different from each other.
The wings of butterflies are covered with a mosaic of [...]
Welcome to Astral Butterflies!
Welcome to Astral Butterflies. Butterflies are beautiful and beloved. They are celebrated in art, legends, and songs in cultures all over the world.
This site is dedicated to celebrating the wonder of butterflies, understanding them better, and learning to attract them to our gardens. Even a few potted plants on a balcony can become a [...]