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Monarch Caterpillar Eating

Monarch Caterpillar Going Into Chrysalis

Monarch Butterfly Emerging

Birth of Monarch Butterfly

Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly Life Cycle


My Favorite Caterpillar Guides

I rated these guides based on my own experience. However, if you are serious about the subject and gardening in general you should probably have both of them.

My #1 Guide:

Caterpillars in the Field and Garden: A Field Guide to the Butterfly Caterpillars of North America

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My #2 Guide:

Caterpillars of Eastern North America: A Guide to Identification and Natural History (Princeton Field Guides)

Although this one has 1,200 color photos and over 500 pages long, I still prefer the above one as it appears more handy and the info is better organized. But this one is a very good option too. And customer reviews are very positive as well.

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Butterfly Gardening

Butterfly Gardening Why start butterfly gardening? You can at least 5 reasons for that.

  1. Butterfly gardening will cost you nothing (or near to nothing), unlike many other hobbies. The only thing you may want to obtain is a butterfly habitat to keep the caterpillars indoors and protect them from pets, mice and birds. Not just that, the habitat will help you control caterpillars and protect your garden from them, if you don’t want all the plants to be eaten by caterpillars
  2. Butterfly gardening helps to protect local butterfly populations (it is preferable that you breed local butterflies because their host plants grow in you area).
  3. Butterfly gardening is a wonderful and fascinating way for your kids to reveal the secrets of the miniature inscect life, educate on nature’s lifecycles and learn to love the nature. And releasing butterflies is an unforgettable experience not just for kids, but also for their parents.
  4. Butterfly gardening has made many gardeners turn to organic gardening methods, which resulted in better and healthier food for their families.
  5. Delightful lively butterflies will turn an ordinary garden into a vibrant manifestation of life and beauty.