butterfly attraction

[Andrew Daw]

> 
> >Do the same properties which attract Australian butterflies to plants in 
> >Australia also work to attract native butterflies elsewhere?  (For 
> >example, could an Australian butterfly attracting nectar or host plant be 
> >an attractive nectar or host plant for a native Californian butterfly?) 
> >(Or any other country for example)
> >Katy 
> 
> I think it should.  Aren't most butterflies pretty similar in their
> general tongue design, color vision, and type of sugar they prefer?
> (The ones that do come to nectar.)
> 

I agree. In the UK some of the best plants for attracting butterflies to
our gardens are not native to our country.

> 
> Liz Day
> 
> LDAY at iquest.net 
> Indianapolis, Indiana, central USA, 40 N latitude, zone 5.
> 
> 


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