The Joy of Butterfly Host Plants | 台北市立動物園資訊網

2017年7月5日—ShrubsandTrees—ButterflyHostPlants·Sassafras(Sassafrasalbidum)·Pawpaw(Asiminatriloba)·Wildcherry(Prunusserotina)·Tulippoplar( ...

Jul 5th, 2017

Have you ever wondered which plants are butterfly host plants? Since it is officially summer, I recently packed up the car for a camping trip with friends to Crabtree Falls[1] to see if I could learn more. The first thing I noticed when we arrived in the George Washington National Forest[2] area was that there were  a spectacular number of butterflies, and all different kinds too!

This red-spotted purple butterfly literally sparkled in the sunlight! It uses the willow (Salix spp.) as its host plant.

At the foot of the very first trail, we saw multiple summer brood spring azures butterflies. They were dancing like violet sprites in the wayside field of the state’s fish hatchery, and...