The Butterfly Dunes

A photographic journal of a Central Florida wildlife habitat created for butterflies, caterpillars, bees, hummingbirds, and other insects that inhabit this area.

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I am a gardener in Florida who maintains a wildlife habitat to sustain butterflies, bees, hummingbirds, birds, and insects. Host plants are grown to sustain butterfly caterpillars for this area. Flowers are grown to provide nectar for pollinators.

The Zebra Longwing Life Cycle

“If nothing ever changed, there would be no such things as butterflies.” — Wendy Mass

Zebra Longwing Butterfly on Tithonia
Larval host plant for their caterpillars: Passiflora incarnata or Maypop.
Eggs and first instar (stage) caterpillar
Zebra Longwing caterpillar on its larval host plant Passiflora incarnata, also known as Passion Vine or Maypop
Caterpillar
Chrysalis
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