Wish List

Native butterflies and moths we want to attract

or introduce into our garden.

The caterpillar host plants listed below their names are already in our garden in hopeful anticipation. Some of the butterflies on the list are in other areas of California, such as the gorgeous Pipevine Swallowtail from up north.

We will see what happens.  

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

California Dogface Butterfly    

False Indigo

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

California Tortoise Shell

Butterfly    

Ceanothus

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

El Segundo Blue Butterfly    

Coast Buckwheat

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Callippe Fritillary Butterfly

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Giant Swallowtail Butterfly    

Meyer Lemon tree    

Great fruit tree  

Common Rue

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Lorquin’s Admiral Butterfly    

Black Cottonwood    

Arroyo Willow

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Palos Verdes Blue Butterfly    

Deerweed    

Southern California Locoweed

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Pale Swallowtail Butterfly    

Redberry

California Coffeeberry 

California lilac

Holly-leafed cherry 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly

Pipevine

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Southern Dogface Butterfly

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Striated Queen Butterfly    

Milkweed

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sulphur Butterflies 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Buckeye Butterfly    

Monkey flower   

Mostly

California Native

Butterflies, Moths & their Host Plants

In the Mountain Mermaid butterfly garden

Non-Native Butterflies and Moths

And their host or larval plants

in the Mountain Mermaid butterfly garden.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Cabbage White Butterfly 

Cabbage (nn)    

Horseradish (nn)   

Chard (nn) 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Gulf Fritillary

Passion vine

Native Nectar Plants

In the Mountain Mermaid butterfly garden.

California Yarrow

Rocky Point Blue-eyed Grass

Spice Bush

Felt-Leaved Yerba Santa

Lilac Verbena

Dr. Hurd Manzanita Tree

Hummingbird Sage

Santa Barbara Milk Vetch

Gum Plant

Desperado Sage

Cleveland Sage

White Sage

Ken Taylor Flannel Bush

Blue Flax

Butterfly HOST, or LARVEL plants (in green below) are those upon which

a butterfly or moth will lay their eggs, as contrasted with NECTAR or FOOD plants

upon which the insects feed (shown in pink below).

Non-natives are noted with a “nn”.

Planting butterfly and moth host plants are is essential if you want

to attract females to lay their eggs.

The host plants in green below are planted in our garden.

Most of the photos above by William Vann,

from EuPic Graphical Resource