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Host Plant for American Painted Lady Butterflies
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Broad leaf cudweed.
Cud Weed
Gnaphalium sp.
American Painted Lady (Vanessa atalanta) caterpillars hide in a nest made of cudweed (Gnaphaluim sp.) bloom or leaves.
American Painted Lady and American Lady butterflies are VERY similar. Scroll down for plant information.
Botanical Name: Gnaphalium sp.
Common Names: Cud Weed
Plant type: Short annual weed.
Host for: Host plant for American Painted Lady butterfly Vanessa atalanta. Common Buckeye butterfly caterpillars will also use cudweed as a host plant in rare circumstances. Painted Lady butterfly caterpillars will also eat cudweed.
Zone: not listed
Light: Sun, light shade, shade
Size: Grows to 2 feet, depending upon species
Water: Drought tolerant
Soil: Well drained soil
Propagation: seed
Bloom: white
Note:
Butterfly Bloom Attractant: 0
Butterfly Attractant Scale: 0 - 10
10 = Excellent nectar source
8-9 = Great nectar source
6-7 = Good nectar source
5 = Fair nectar source
3-4 = Poor nectar source
1-2 = Rarely visited by butterflies
0 = We have never observed a butterfly nectaring from this flowering plant.
These ratings are offered by Shady Oak Butterfly Farm from observations in Brooker, Florida, as well as on our travels. Different species of butterflies may be attracted to different plants in different areas of the US and of the world.
Common Names: Cud Weed
Plant type: Short annual weed.
Host for: Host plant for American Painted Lady butterfly Vanessa atalanta. Common Buckeye butterfly caterpillars will also use cudweed as a host plant in rare circumstances. Painted Lady butterfly caterpillars will also eat cudweed.
Zone: not listed
Light: Sun, light shade, shade
Size: Grows to 2 feet, depending upon species
Water: Drought tolerant
Soil: Well drained soil
Propagation: seed
Bloom: white
Note:
Butterfly Bloom Attractant: 0
Butterfly Attractant Scale: 0 - 10
10 = Excellent nectar source
8-9 = Great nectar source
6-7 = Good nectar source
5 = Fair nectar source
3-4 = Poor nectar source
1-2 = Rarely visited by butterflies
0 = We have never observed a butterfly nectaring from this flowering plant.
These ratings are offered by Shady Oak Butterfly Farm from observations in Brooker, Florida, as well as on our travels. Different species of butterflies may be attracted to different plants in different areas of the US and of the world.
Read First Coast Community
for Acticles writen by Edith.
All photographs on this site are copyright protected.
For permission to use any
photo, please contact Edith Smith at Shady Oak Butterfly Farm.
Butterfly Release companies located outside the
mainland United States.
Release Companies Outside the Mainland United
States
TO PURCHASE PLEASE CONTACT US edith@buyabutterfly.com
Shady Oak Butterfly Farm Toll free 877-485-2458
12876 SW CR 231 Brooker, Fl 32622 Stephen & Edith Smith
Located 45 minutes from the Butterfly Rainforest Exhibit at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida
This butterfly website built with advice from Starting Dreams.
All photographs on this site are copyright protected.
For permission to use any photo, please contact Edith Smith at Shady Oak Butterfly Farm.
Butterfly Release companies located outside the mainland United States.
Release Companies Outside the Mainland United States
Shady Oak Butterfly Farm Toll free 877-485-2458 12876 SW CR 231 Brooker, Fl 32622 Stephen & Edith Smith
Located 45 minutes from the Butterfly Rainforest Exhibit at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida
This butterfly website built with advice from Starting Dreams.
Member of the
Association for Butterflies: Research, Conservation, Farming, and Gardening. If you would like to join to; go to www.forbutterflies.org
Member of the
Association for Butterflies: Research, Conservation, Farming, and Gardening. If you would like to join to; go to www.forbutterflies.org
At Shady Oak Butterfly Farm we have raised over 40 species of butterflies and moths.
Broad leaf cudweed.
Cud Weed
Gnaphalium sp.American Painted Lady (Vanessa atalanta) caterpillars hide in a nest made of cudweed (Gnaphaluim sp.) bloom or leaves.
American Painted Lady and American Lady butterflies are VERY similar. Scroll down for plant information.
Botanical Name: Gnaphalium sp.
Common Names: Cud Weed
Plant type: Short annual weed.
Host for: Host plant for American Painted Lady butterfly Vanessa atalanta. Common Buckeye butterfly caterpillars will also use cudweed as a host plant in rare circumstances. Painted Lady butterfly caterpillars will also eat cudweed.
Zone: not listed
Light: Sun, light shade, shade
Size: Grows to 2 feet, depending upon species
Water: Drought tolerant
Soil: Well drained soil
Propagation: seed
Bloom: white
Note:
Butterfly Bloom Attractant: 0
Butterfly Attractant Scale: 0 - 10
10 = Excellent nectar source
8-9 = Great nectar source
6-7 = Good nectar source
5 = Fair nectar source
3-4 = Poor nectar source
1-2 = Rarely visited by butterflies
0 = We have never observed a butterfly nectaring from this flowering plant.
These ratings are offered by Shady Oak Butterfly Farm from observations in Brooker, Florida, as well as on our travels. Different species of butterflies may be attracted to different plants in different areas of the US and of the world.
Common Names: Cud Weed
Plant type: Short annual weed.
Host for: Host plant for American Painted Lady butterfly Vanessa atalanta. Common Buckeye butterfly caterpillars will also use cudweed as a host plant in rare circumstances. Painted Lady butterfly caterpillars will also eat cudweed.
Zone: not listed
Light: Sun, light shade, shade
Size: Grows to 2 feet, depending upon species
Water: Drought tolerant
Soil: Well drained soil
Propagation: seed
Bloom: white
Note:
Butterfly Bloom Attractant: 0
Butterfly Attractant Scale: 0 - 10
10 = Excellent nectar source
8-9 = Great nectar source
6-7 = Good nectar source
5 = Fair nectar source
3-4 = Poor nectar source
1-2 = Rarely visited by butterflies
0 = We have never observed a butterfly nectaring from this flowering plant.
These ratings are offered by Shady Oak Butterfly Farm from observations in Brooker, Florida, as well as on our travels. Different species of butterflies may be attracted to different plants in different areas of the US and of the world.
Read First Coast Community
for Acticles writen by Edith.
All photographs on this site are copyright protected.
For permission to use any
photo, please contact Edith Smith at Shady Oak Butterfly Farm.
Butterfly Release companies located outside the
mainland United States.
Release Companies Outside the Mainland United
States
TO PURCHASE PLEASE CONTACT US edith@buyabutterfly.com
Shady Oak Butterfly Farm Toll free 877-485-2458
12876 SW CR 231 Brooker, Fl 32622 Stephen & Edith Smith
Located 45 minutes from the Butterfly Rainforest Exhibit at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida
This butterfly website built with advice from Starting Dreams.
All photographs on this site are copyright protected.
For permission to use any photo, please contact Edith Smith at Shady Oak Butterfly Farm.
Butterfly Release companies located outside the mainland United States.
Release Companies Outside the Mainland United States
Shady Oak Butterfly Farm Toll free 877-485-2458 12876 SW CR 231 Brooker, Fl 32622 Stephen & Edith Smith
Located 45 minutes from the Butterfly Rainforest Exhibit at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida
This butterfly website built with advice from Starting Dreams.
Member of the
Association for Butterflies: Research, Conservation, Farming, and Gardening. If you would like to join to; go to www.forbutterflies.org
Member of the
Association for Butterflies: Research, Conservation, Farming, and Gardening. If you would like to join to; go to www.forbutterflies.org