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vary and some species look similar, Georgia is know Some butterflies Planting for Butterflies reference the scientific name when home to over completely buying plants. Be sure to buy plants that ou can attract butterflies by growing plants they ?ignore flowers have not been treated with pesticides. Yneed. Most butterflies can feed on nectar from a but will happily Pesticides can be toxic to butterflies wide variety of plants, but cannot reproduce without 160 eat spoiled fruit! and other insects. butterfly their native host plants. You can help by planting the species. host species in this guide and protecting habitats where While native plants are crucial for they grow naturally. butterflies, they can be hard to find. Almost any Though most butterfly species use several host plants, Sources of Georgia native plants and backyard this guide only lists one plant per butterfly, with both additional planting tips can be found at can attract common and scientific names. Because common names www.nabageorgia.weebly.com. approximately 4

30 butterfly GeorgiA species. Life Cycle of a Butterfly Butterflies 3 Butterflies have four life stages:1) egg, 2) larva, 3) pupa (chrysalis), and 4) adult.

Can you identify these butterflies? This is the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, the state butterfly of Georgia. The Tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera) is a host plant for the Eastern 2 suggested Georgia Protecting the majestic route and milkweed Tiger Swallowtail. The larva native milkweeds on which to lay eggs sheds its skin Butterflyweed (Asclepias tuberosa) several times as in spring. The eggs 1 it grows! Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) Monarchs hatch into caterpillars Poke milkweed (Asclepias exalta) that can only eat Monarchs east of the Rockies have declined White milkweed (Asclepias verticillata) milkweed leaves. Monarch or Viceroy significantly since 1995. Common milkweed (Asclepias amplexicaulis) Milkweed and other native butterfly host plants have been During spring and summer, monarchs breed reduced in recent years due to a number of factors, including throughout the U.S. and southern Canada. human development, agriculture, mowing, climate change, and In the fall, adults of an eastern population the use of chemical weed killers (herbicides). migrate to Mexico for the winter. The Slow, sailing flight Fast, erratic flight following spring, these butterflies fly Some scientists are concerned the spread of tropical milkweed Slightly larger Black band on hind wings northward, many crossing Georgia. (Asclepias curassavica) in the U.S. has negative impacts on ? This educational resource was developed by the North American Butterfly Association, Georgia-Piedmont To survive these long journeys, monarch migration. To avoid potential risks of growing tropical Chapter, with technical advice and expertise provided by Monarchs Across Georgia and Dr. Jaret C. Daniels, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida. monarchs need nectar from milkweed, cut it to the ground in late fall and also include Funding was provided by Friends of Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Photography by Jim Alison, Eric Bégin, Dale Clark, Jaret C. Daniels, Vicki DeLoach, Phil Delestrez, Quinn Asclepias flowering plants all along their Georgia native milkweeds and nectar plants in your garden. Dombrowski, David Edwards, John Flannery, Mollie Freilicher, David Heise, David A. Hofmann, Ellen tuberosa Honeycutt, Neil Hunt, Kara Jones, Mary Keim, Regina Kreger, Dane Larsen, Seabrooke Leckie, Virginia C. Linch, Donna L. Long, Manuel, Meredith Mays, Chrissy McClarren, Melissa McMasters, Tom Murray, Laura and Berry Nall, R. A. Nonenmacher, Piers Nye, Vincent Parsons, Rose Payne Penn State, Tom Potterfield, Andy Reago, Paul Ritchie, Harry Rose, Jason Sharp, Ken Slade, Caleb Slemmons, Dean Wm. Taylor, Per Verdonk, and Kerry Wixted. Design by Krissy Smith Verplank.

On the cover: Black Swallowtail larva (Vicki DeLoach) and Easter Tiger Swallowtail (John Flannery)

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Rose Mallow Common Hop Vine Thistle G ossamer- Gray Hairstreak Red Admiral Painted Lady

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Spring Azure Dogwood Common Buckeye Wild Petunia Carolina Satyr Carpet Grass (Cornus florida) (Ruellia caroliniensis) (Axonopus compressus) Fiery Skipper Teal Lovegrass (Eragrostis hypnoides)

Summer Azure New Jersey Tea Red-Spotted Purple Wild Cherry Horace's Duskywing Water Oak Spicebush Swallowtail Spicebush (Ceanothus americanus) (Prunus serotina) (Quercus nigra) (Lindera benzoin) wallowtails S

Eastern Tailed Blue Bush Clover Viceroy Black Willow Cloudless Sulphur Wild Senna  Zebra Swallowtail Pawpaw Tree (Lespedeza virginica) (Salix nigra) (Senna marilandica) (Asimina triloba)

American Snout Common Hackberry Mourning Cloak Black Willow Little Yellow Partridge Pea Black Swallowtail Golden Alexander (Celtis occidentalis) (Salix nigra) (Chamaecrista fasciculata) (Zizia aurea) W hites, sulphurs, skippers

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Variegated Fritillary Birdfoot Violet Eastern Comma False Nettle Sleepy Orange Wild Senna Pipevine Swallowtail Pipevine (Viola pedata) (Boehmeria cylindrica) (Senna marilandica) (Aristolochia tomentosa)

Gulf Fritillary Passionflower Question Mark False Nettle Cabbage White (native to Europe) Cabbage Giant Swallowtail Hercules Club (Passiflora incarnata) (Boehmeria cylindrica) (Brassica oleracea) (Zanthoxylum clava-herculis)