Landscaping for Butterflies

Butterflies in Your Yard  |  Learn About Florida Butterflies |  
Butterfly Gardens to Visit  | Moths

Butterflies in Your Yard?

Monarch Butterfly

How often do you see a butterfly in your yard? It is important what you plant! Read Steve's article that appeared in the Daily Sun - "It Matters What You Plant". This includes plant recommendations for Central Florida.

Steve and Lloyd Singleton speak at VBF Gardens Meeting "Attracting Butterflies"

Steps in Creating a Butterfly Garden: Advice from Lloyd Singleton, Sumter County Extension Agent.

Nectar Plant for Butterflies

Native Plants for Pollinators and Beneficial Insects - pdf file from Xeces Society 

Milkweed for Monarchs in Central Florida
An introduction to attracting Monarch butterflies from the Home ยป UF/IFAS Extension Orange County Blog. Types of milkweed for Central Florida are described.

Tropical Milkweed - Good or Harmful? Asclepias curassavica, it's easy to grow, it's easy to buy, but is it harming Monarchs?

Milkweed Controversy - In 2024, a milkweed scientist gives advice to Florida gardeners about milkweed.

In the Garden by Jaret C. Daniels  "Select the Right Milkweed for Your Butterfly Garden" from the Daily Sun

Al and Joan: What do Florida native plants bring to our yard besides happiness?

More information about landscaping for butterflies is on our Resource Links. Pay special attention to the informative The Villages Butterfly and Garden Club renamed as the Fred Funk Butterfly Garden web.

Learn About Florida Butterflies

Florida Museum

Florida Wildflowers and Butterflies

You can search on several criteria - type a name, choose a color, or county. Sumter County has 46 butterflies. The information goes beyond description to include life cycle, host plants, and range in Florida.

The Florida Wildflower Foundation

Here is a webinar about Florida Monarchs & Milkweed.

Florida Fish and Wildlife

This is a good source for all Florida wildlife including butterflies.

Monarch Butterfly (male)UF/IFAS Extension

Orange County Blog provides a good introduction to the Monarch life cycle and descriptions of the milkweed host plants that do well in Central Florida.

Al and Joan

Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly (In The Villages!) from Al and Joan

Butterfly Gardens to Visit

Visit our Resource links for Butterfly Gardens

Moths

The Ecological Landscape Blog's article "For the Love of Moths" provides lots of good reasons for including moths in your landscape plans.

sheep moth (Hemileuca eglanterina)

Learn about National Moth Week in July.

Xerces Society: Gardening for Moths

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