It is possible to make your own butterfly houses and feeders from objects around your home. Butterflies prefer specific foods and you can make these available in your garden. Butterflies like sunny warm spots, but if you are in a hot climate then shady areas are preferred. You can plan your garden to include specific butterfly attracting plants and flowers.
The best type of butterfly food is over ripe. Butterflies like very sweet food, think of how sweet nectar is. If you have any over ripe fruit in your fridge, don't throw it out but give it to the butterflies. Fruit trees are great butterfly feeding areas, as the fallen fruit is great food for them. They best type of fruit is rotten even moldy, over ripe fruit.
You can find objects to use as butterfly feeders from everyday household item. Dishes with slopping rims, pie plates, and plant saucers all make great butterfly fruit feeders. Find a nice shady area in your garden and hang the fruit feeder from an overhead branch. You can create your own hanger from twine or use a plant hanger. You should add rotten fruit sprinkled with water and fruit juice to keep the fruit moist.
Butterflies also love nectar and you can make your own butterfly nectar feeder using a jar, absorbent cotton, some twine and homemade nectar. Homemade nectar can be made by boiling 4 pats water to 1 part sugar and the allowing the mixture to cool. You punch holes in the jar lid, plug the holes with absorbent material, fill the jar with the nectar, put the lid on tightly and hang upside down. The absorbent material should hold the nectar without dripping.
Butterfly houses are designed to keep birds out and protect the butterflies from the wind and weather. Butterfly houses resemble birdhouses except for they have long, thin slots that let the butterfly in. The inside of the house is typically covered in tree bark. When the weather gets cool at night the butterfly will look for shelter and use your house.
The inside of the butterfly house will be covered with bark and you may even place some twigs inside so the butterflies can rest. To help attract butterflies you can place a feeder next to the butterfly house. Make sure you put the butterfly house in a good spot so you can enjoy the butterflies.
The best type of butterfly food is over ripe. Butterflies like very sweet food, think of how sweet nectar is. If you have any over ripe fruit in your fridge, don't throw it out but give it to the butterflies. Fruit trees are great butterfly feeding areas, as the fallen fruit is great food for them. They best type of fruit is rotten even moldy, over ripe fruit.
You can find objects to use as butterfly feeders from everyday household item. Dishes with slopping rims, pie plates, and plant saucers all make great butterfly fruit feeders. Find a nice shady area in your garden and hang the fruit feeder from an overhead branch. You can create your own hanger from twine or use a plant hanger. You should add rotten fruit sprinkled with water and fruit juice to keep the fruit moist.
Butterflies also love nectar and you can make your own butterfly nectar feeder using a jar, absorbent cotton, some twine and homemade nectar. Homemade nectar can be made by boiling 4 pats water to 1 part sugar and the allowing the mixture to cool. You punch holes in the jar lid, plug the holes with absorbent material, fill the jar with the nectar, put the lid on tightly and hang upside down. The absorbent material should hold the nectar without dripping.
Butterfly houses are designed to keep birds out and protect the butterflies from the wind and weather. Butterfly houses resemble birdhouses except for they have long, thin slots that let the butterfly in. The inside of the house is typically covered in tree bark. When the weather gets cool at night the butterfly will look for shelter and use your house.
The inside of the butterfly house will be covered with bark and you may even place some twigs inside so the butterflies can rest. To help attract butterflies you can place a feeder next to the butterfly house. Make sure you put the butterfly house in a good spot so you can enjoy the butterflies.
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