There`s a Butterfly in My Garden (Southern Africa)

There's a Butterfly in My Garden : How to make Butterflies feel at Home in Your Garden

Published by Planting for Wildlife, 2012, softcover, landscape format, illustrated, 99 pages, condition: as new.

This book is about butterflies in Southern Africa and explains which indigenous plants to plant in order to attract butterflies to your garden. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs by Tanya Mulcaire. 'There is a Butterfly in My Garden' is perfect for budding lepidopterists, weekend gardeners as well as complete novices to the field. Lieveke Noyons describes the different species of butterflies found in the garden of her own home, as well as those seen on her travels around Southern Africa. She introduces the reader to the life of butterflies; the biomes where they can be found, as well as showing methods on how to identify specific butterflies and different butterfly families. The writing is complemented with a beautiful selection of photographs of these delicate insects and their food plants.