Landscaping that Flutters – Butterfly Gardening
This has become a rewarding outdoor hobby that is sweeping the country. But what exactly is butterfly gardening? Quite simply, it is the practice of attracting butterflies to your yard by altering your landscape, planting common plants and flowers that they use. Planning and creating a butterfly landscape is a wonderful family activity and a great educational project that will engage the children’s attention. Creating a butterfly garden is not only a great landscape project to take on, but also makes a beautiful addition to your yard.
Butterflies are losing their habitats to new subdivisions and shopping malls. Creating gardens could help ensure the continued and increased survival of common butterflies. And as more people plant these gardens, corridors are created that assist with the migration of butterflies and hummingbirds.
Butterflies are members of the insect order Lepidoptera- composed of butterflies, skippers and moths. To have a successful butterfly garden, you need to understand their life cycle. Lepidoptera develop in four stages, involving dramatic changes in form and function of the insect from stage to stage, which is “complete metamorphosis.”
Two of a Kind – The Secrets of Moths and Butterflies
Everyone knows that the prettiest insects are bright colourful butterflies, and that their cousins the moths are dull and boring, right? Wrong! There are some butterflies with plain brown wings, and some moths whose wings sparkle with every colour of the rainbow. So how do you tell the difference?
Fun Fact 1: Moths and butterflies have different antennae
Moths have two kinds of antennae: one kind is long and thin, and the other is shorter and bushy, as if the moth has two big feathers stuck to its head. Butterflies only have one kind of antennae: long and thin, but with a knob or a ball on the end.
Butterfly Valley Oludeniz Turkey – Secret Enchanted Valley Home to a Million Butterflies
Butterfly Valley is a breathtaking Mediterranean paradisic oasis of tranquility which is home to more than 40 kinds of butterflies which come by the million to breed during June to September. The world famous ‘tiger butterflies’ especially the jersey tiger butterfly are among some of the rarest varieties that can be found here.
A waterfall cascades through the valley which flaunts it’s steep cliffs rising up on both sides towards the cloudless blue skies. At foot are vibrantly colored flowers with there aromatic scents gently wafting in the breeze. This is a truly enchanting place which has been granted complete protection from any kind of development.
There are two ways to get to Butterfly Valley, from Oludeniz by boat taxi or by climbing down from the village of Faralya. The regular boat service from Oludeniz takes about 30 minutes to reach the valley and adds an extra dimension of adventure to your trip.
