Essential Components of a Butterfly Garden:

1. Water

2. Food

3. Shelter

4. Pest-Free Environment

Specific Needs for a Butterfly Garden:

1. Sun

2. A "layering" of plants that:

Life Cycle: Metamorphosis:

Butterfly produces Egg

Egg grow into Caterpillar

Caterpillar to Pupa

Pupa to Butterfly

Love Life of the Butterfly:

Butterfly recognition by external appearance

Female releases sex pheromone specific to species

Courtship