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Resource Page for Attracting Butterflies

Below are additional resources that I thought you might find useful. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. I’m happy to help if I can.

~ Shannon Trimboli

Backyard Ecology Resources

Butterfly Profiles

Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly: A Common Fall Migrant
Everything You Need to Know about the IUCN Listing of the Monarch Butterfly
Question Mark Butterfly: One of our earliest flying butterflies
Red-spotted Purple – The dark blue and black butterfly that isn’t a swallowtail
Zebra Swallowtail
Spring Azure
Common Buckeye
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterflies
Painted Lady

Tips for attracting butterflies

Pollinator Friendly Methods for Mowing Fields
Diversity Matters When Gardening for Monarchs
Attract Butterflies with Overripe Fruit and Melon Rinds
Milkweeds in Urban and Suburban Monarch Waystations with Dr. Adam Baker
Be Careful if Putting Butterfly Boxes in Your Pollinator Garden
Trail cameras for Pollinators
Provide Winter Habitat for Butterflies and Moths
Create Mudding Spots for Butterflies
Plant Taller Milkweed Species for Monarchs
7 Tips for Planting for Butterflies

Other Useful Free Resources

Understanding a Common Saying When Growing Native Plants
  • Native Plants for the Small Yard: Easy, Beautiful Home Gardens that Support Local Ecology
    • Free pdf downloadable book that has lots of landscaping layouts for common garden spots (around mailbox, near porch, near drain spout, etc.).
    • Was written for a nature center in Pennsylvania so many, but not all of the species are native to Kentucky. However, we usually have other species in the same genus that can be easily substituted for any Pennsylvania plants that aren’t native to here.
  • Kentucky Invasive Species List
    • This is the most recent listing of species that are considered invasive in Kentucky. It is ranked by how severe of a threat each species presents.
    • The first two rankings (Severe and Significant) are the ones to pay the most attention to. Personally, I don’t worry too much about the other two categories on my property because I have so many of the first two categories to contend with. I can’t do everything so I focus on the ones causing the most damage.
  • Flora of the Southeastern United States
    • Very detailed dichotomous key with descriptions and range maps for most of plants found in the southeastern U.S.
  • USDA Plants Database
    • Provides basic details plus a map showing the range maps for different plant species across the country.

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