HOST PLANTS AND BUTTERFLIES

Some butterfly host plants etc. in flower today: SWAN PLANT Gomphocarpus fruticosus 
Larval host plant for WANDERER AND LESSER WANDERER BUTTERFLIES

 WANDERER  or MONARCH Pupa

 Adult MALE

LARVA

LESSER WANDERER Danaus chryssipus above and below

Aphids placed on the stem by ANTS - natural biological control - LADYBIRDS feed on them. 

This pupa was placed on the tree. Larvae were rescued from a garden where they are often not welcomed on LEMON TREES so they are then raised on potted seedling CITRUS spp. I place a small stick in the pot when they are mature enough to pupate; the stick can then be fastened to a shrub in the Butterfly Patch.