plant a butterfly garden

  plant a butterfly garden

How many native butterflies do we have?

we have 11 species of butterfly in New Zealand.

*how many native butterflies does Tonga or Samoa have?

there are 29 species of butterflies in Samoa

name 3 things a butterfly garden must have:

You should have a butterfly hut (Greenhouse) and have flowers in there for them to get nectar off of. Also you should check on them everyday in case they got hurt or flew away from home. But anyways you should have lots and lots of flowers!

What did urban mean?

Pertaining to a large city. An urban area might be defined as an area with a large amount of people residing in it, an area that has been significantly developed, or an area where the distance between buildings is very small. Urban is used in contrast to rural, which generally indicates a low-population, often agricultural-based area.

Name 2 ways we can help the native butterflies:

we can help by planting milkweed which attracts monarch butterfly’s.

what is the host plant for Monarch butterflies? for magpie moths?

Milkweed

*find a picture for 3 of the native species of butterflies:

*find pictures for 4 of the nectar-rich plants that have been suggested to plant

zylus seeds

1. Scoop the soil on the yogurt cup

2.  swipe off the extra soil on top of the cup

3. push the soil flat to put the seeds on

4. we picked up the seeds but we had to open it because it was in the seed cover.

5. Then we pulled the seeds out of the seed cover and we tipped the seeds on.

6. When we put the seeds on we put some soil on top so that it could grow.

7. put the soil on top of the seeds to grow.