Butterfly House Trees
/I decided to document the trees in the Roston Native Butterfly House during one of my recent shifts. All of them are there to provide food for certain caterpillars. So here is a tree tour of the house…starting on the right side as you enter the trees are
Wafer ash for Giant Swallowtail caterpillars
Hackberry for Hackberry Emperor caterpillars
Spicebush for Spicebush Swallowtail caterpillars
Pawpaw for Zebra Swallowtail caterpillars
False Indigo for Silver Spotted Skipper caterpillars
Black Walnut for Luna Moth, Polyphemus Moth, and Red Banded Hairstreak caterpillars
(turning back toward the front of the house…looking at the trees on your right)
Tulip poplar for Tiger Swallowtail caterpillars
Black Willow for Red Spotted Purple caterpillars
Of course, there were lots of butterflies and a just-emerged Cecropia Moth that I couldn’t resist photographing too!
