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Emerge . . . Experience
Prana Farms butterfly exhibit, "Emerge". "Emerge"
is open during any of our farm events or
guided Mike 239-571-2026 or Resa 239-822-2752 A $5 admission for the butterfly sanctuary is appreciated to keep this environment thriving. We work at obtaining as much plant and pollinator information as possible and are happy to share it in these pages.
Butterfly
Host Plants |
| Plant | Family | Larval Host for |
| Thickleaf Wild Petunia | acanthus | common buckeye, malachite |
| Carolina Aster | aster | pearl crescent |
| Purple Thistle | aster | little metalmark, painted lady |
| Spanish Needles | aster | dainty sulphur |
| Bahama Cassia (FL native) | bean |
all sulphurs including cloudless sulphur, sleepy orange sulphur |
| Popcorn Cassia | bean | cloudless sulphur |
| Live Oak | beech | white m hairstreak, juvenal’s dustywing, horace’s dustywing |
| Dutchman’s Pipivine | birthwort | dutchmans pipe swallowtail |
| Giant Pipevine | birthwort | polydamas swallowtail |
| Lignumvitae | caltrop | lyside sulphur |
| Indian Shot | canna | brazilian skipper |
| Yellow Canna | canna | brazilian skipper |
| Fennel | carrot |
black swallowtail |
| Queen Anne’s Lace | carrot
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eastern black swallowtail |
| Dill | celery | black swallowtail |
| Parsley | celery | black swallowtail |
| Butterfly Milkweed (orange) | dogbane | monarch, queen |
| Giant Milkweed | dogbane | queen, monarch |
| Rose Milkweed (light pink) | dogbane | monarch, queen |
| Scarlet Milkweed (red) | dogbane | monarch, queen, soldier |
| White Twinevine | dogbane | soldier, queen, monarch |
| Lopsided Indiangrass | grass | swarthy skipper, arogos skipper, dusted skipper, eufala skipper, twin-spot skipper |
| Shortleaf Fig | mulberry | ruddy daggerwing |
| Saw Palmetto | palm | palmento skippers |
| Corkystem (FL native, white passionflower) | passionflower | zebra longwing, julia, gulf fritillary, variegated fritillary |
| Maypop (FL native, purple passionflower) | passionflower | zebra longwing, julia, gulf fritillary, variegated fritillary |
| Passionflowers | passionflower | zebra longwing, julia, gulf fritillary, variegated fritillary |
| Bahama Senna | pea | orange-barred sulphur, cloudless sulphur, sleepy orange |
| Blue Pea | pea | long-tailed skipper, dorantes longtail |
| Cow Pea | pea | gray hairstreak, cassius blue, ceraunus blue, long-tailed skipper, dorantes longtail |
| Eastern Milkpea | pea | cassius blue, silver-spotted skipper, long-tailed skipper, zarucco dustywing |
| Horseflesh Mahogany | pea | pink-spot sulphur |
| Necklace Pod | pea | martial scrub hairstreak |
| Pride of Barbados | pea | giant swallowtail, gulf fritillary |
| Red Powderpuff | pea | statira sulphur |
| Southern Indigobush | pea | southern dogface, silver spotted skipper |
| Spurred Butterfly Pea | pea | long-tailed skipper, dorantes longtail |
| Sunshine Mimosa | pea | little yellow |
| Wild Tamarind | pea | mimosa yellow, large orange sulphur, cassius blue, amethyst hairstreak |
| Golden Shower | pea (cassia) | orange-barred sulphur, cloudless sulphur, staira sulphur, sleepy orange |
| Herb-of-Grace | plantain | white peacock |
| Red Rocket | plantain | common buckeye |
| Blue Plumbago | plumbago | cassius blue |
| Doctorbush | plumbago | cassius blue |
| Scarlet Plumbago | plumbago | cassius blue |
| Rue | rue | black swallowtail, anise swallowtail, giant swallowtail |
| Wild Lime | rue | schaus’ swallowtail, bahamian swallowtail |
| Blue Porterweed | verbena | tropical buckeye |
| Creeping Charlie | verbena | white peacock, nectar for crescents, blues, hairstreaks, metalmarks |
| Lantana | verbena | painted lady |
| Verbena | verbena | painted lady |
| Coontie | zamia | atala |
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