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Giant Homerus Jamaican Swallowtails (Papilio homerus): Largest Butterflies of the Americas

Homerus swallowtails evoke Homer. Like their namesake, they have wonderful things to tell. But people and wasps may turn Jamaica's butterflies into ancient memories.

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Facts and Life Cycle of The Beautiful Monarch Butterfly

The beautiful Monarch Butterfly life cycle and facts are essential for the humanity to take steps from preventing them from becoming extinct.

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Violet Tinted Vista of Scarce Swallowtail Butterflies: Butterfly Bushes, English Lavender, Lilacs

Scarce swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius), an Old World native butterfly, favors violet-tinted flowers, especially butterfly bush, English lavender, and lilacs.

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Lavender Flowered Favorites of Cabbage Whites: Creeping Thistle, English Lavender, New England Aster

Old World natives, cabbage white butterflies (Pieris rapae) now flit abundantly in the New World with cosmopolitan nectar favorites of one New World and two Old World natives.

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Falcate Orangetip Butterflies and Best Nectars Forever (BNFs): Cresses, Violets, Virginia Bluebell

Common blue violet, Virginia bluebells, and sickle-pod are enjoyed by Falcate Orangetip Butterflies (Anthocharis midea) as their Best Nectars Forever (BNFs).

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Butterfly farming on a balcony - helping Monarch butterflies

Many people are trying to help Monarch butterflies and growing their food-plant Milkweed is an excellent way. These plants can be grown in pots if you don't have a garden.

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Recycled plastic water bottles help Monarch Butterfly conservation

Monarch butterflies face many dangers today but many people are doing what they can to help them. Growing Milkweed to feed the caterpillars is one of the best ways.

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Tachinid flies and Monarch Butterfly caterpillars

Caterpillars should turn into pretty butterflies, all going well, but sometimes this doesn't happen if a parasitic fly gets to them first.

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Cape May, NJ Monarch Butterfly Tagging and Migration

Each year millions of monarch butterflies call Cape May, NJ home for a few days, as part of their 2,000-mile migration from Canada to Mexico. Eco-tourists won't want to miss this.

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Raising Swallowtail Butterflies

Raising swallowtail butterflies from very small caterpillars through thier cocoon phase and watching as they emerge and become butterflies.

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Attracting Ulysses Butterfly to your Garden

Information about the Ulysses Butterfly and how to attract them to your garden. Beautiful photos of Ulysses Butterflies.

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Butterfly Garden

Butterflies signify beauty, freedom, growth, change, and new life. Their varieties come in many colors and sizes, but they are all amazing!

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Blue Morpho Butterflies

The blue morpho butterfly is a brightly colored butterfly that lives in the rain forests of Costa Rica.