From the foreword:”This is a book to treasure and use. One can browse in it for a few minutes before heading to the nursery and selecting some plants to start a garden. Or one can spend hours going through it, devouring each delicious morsel of information on your favorite butterflies. . . . Careful planning with this book will make anyone a successful butterfly gardener.”–Thomas C. Emmel, director, Division of Lepidoptera Research, University of Florida”The first comprehensive guide to butterfly gardening in Florida and adjacent states . . . useful to anybody interested in butterfly gardening in Florida, but it is especially useful, even indispensable, for those who plan their garden to be an educational as well as aesthetic experience.”—Mark Deyrup, entomologist, Archbold Biological Station· presents 400+ color photos taken by the authors, showing every butterfly in adult, larva, and pupa stages· presents practical information on garden plants, installation, and maintenance·
