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Emerge . . . Experience
Prana Farms butterfly exhibit, "Emerge". The
farm, including the plant nursery, butterfly exhibit & petting
zoo, is Mike 239-571-2026 or Resa 239-822-2752 A
$8 admission for the butterfly sanctuary/petting zoo is appreciated
to keep this environment thriving.
Butterfly
Host Plants |
| Plant | Family | Larval Host for | Zone |
| Thickleaf Wild Petunia (invasive) | acanthus | common buckeye, malachite | 9-11 |
| Wild Petunia (invsaive) | acanthus | common buckeye, white peacock | 8-10 |
| Carolina Aster | aster | pearl crescent | 8-10 |
| Purple Thistle | aster | little metalmark, painted lady | 4-8 |
| Spanish Needles | aster | dainty sulphur | 8-11 |
| Bahama Cassia (FL native) | bean | all sulphurs including cloudless sulphur, sleepy orange sulphur | 9-10 |
| Popcorn Cassia | bean | cloudless sulphur | 9-11 |
| Live Oak | beech | white m hairstreak, juvenal’s dustywing, horace’s dustywing | 8-9 |
| Dutchman’s Pipivine | birthwort | dutchmans pipe swallowtail | 5-8 |
| Giant Pipevine | birthwort | polydamas swallowtail | 10-12 |
| Lignumvitae | caltrop | lyside sulphur | 10-11 |
| Indian Shot | canna | brazilian skipper | 8-11 |
| Yellow Canna | canna | brazilian skipper | 7-10 |
| Fennel | carrot | black swallowtail | 4-9 |
| Queen Anne’s Lace | carrot | eastern black swallowtail | 4-11 |
| Dill | celery | black swallowtail | 8-11 |
| Parsley | celery | black swallowtail | 5-6 |
| Butterfly Milkweed (orange) | dogbane | monarch, queen | 8-11 |
| Giant Milkweed | dogbane | monarch, queen | 9-11 |
| Hairyballs Milkweed | dogbane | monarch, queen | 9-11 |
| Rose Milkweed (light pink) | dogbane | monarch, queen | 4-9 |
| Scarlet Milkweed (red) | dogbane | monarch, queen, soldier | 8-11 |
| Swamp Milkweed | dogbane | monarch, queen | 3-9 |
| White Twinevine | dogbane | soldier, queen, monarch | 9-11 |
| Lopsided Indiangrass | grass | swarthy skipper, arogos skipper, dusted skipper, eufala skipper, twin-spot skipper | 8-11 |
| Pentas | madder | monarch | 10-11 |
| Shortleaf Fig | mulberry | ruddy daggerwing | 10-11 |
| Saw Palmetto (invsaive) | palm | palmento skippers | 8-11 |
| Corkystem (FL native white passionflower) | passionflower | zebra longwing, julia, gulf fritillary, variegated fritillary | 8-11 |
| Maypop (FL native purple passionflower) | passionflower | zebra longwing, julia, gulf fritillary, variegated fritillary | 5-10 |
| Passionflowers | passionflower | zebra longwing, julia, gulf fritillary, variegated fritillary | 7-10 |
| Bahama Senna | pea | orange-barred sulphur, cloudless sulphur, sleepy orange | 10-11 |
| Blue Pea | pea | long-tailed skipper, dorantes longtail | 9-11 |
| Cow Pea | pea | gray hairstreak, cassius blue, ceraunus blue, long-tailed skipper, dorantes longtail | 5-10 |
| Eastern Milkpea | pea | cassius blue, silver-spotted skipper, long-tailed skipper, zarucco dustywing | 7-11 |
| Horseflesh Mahogany | pea | pink-spot sulphur | 8 |
| Necklace Pod | pea | martial scrub hairstreak | 9-11 |
| Partridge Pea | pea | gray hairstreak , cloudless sulphur | 4-9 |
| Pride of Barbados | pea | giant swallowtail, gulf fritillary | 9-11 |
| Red Powderpuff | pea | statira sulphur | 9-11 |
| Southern Indigobush | pea | southern dogface, silver spotted skipper | 9-11 |
| Spurred Butterfly Pea | pea | long-tailed skipper, dorantes longtail | 5-9 |
| Sunshine Mimosa | pea | little yellow | 9-10 |
| Wild Tamarind | pea | mimosa yellow, large orange sulphur, cassius blue, amethyst hairstreak | 10-11 |
| Golden Shower | pea (cassia) | orange-barred sulphur, cloudless sulphur, staira sulphur, sleepy orange | 10-11 |
| Herb-of-Grace | plantain | white peacock | 4-10 |
| Red Rocket Crape Myrtle | plantain | common buckeye | 7-9 |
| Blue Plumbago | plumbago | cassius blue | 9-11 |
| White Plumbage (FL native) | plumbago | cassius blue | 9-11 |
| Scarlet Plumbago | plumbago | cassius blue | 8-11 |
| Rue | rue | black swallowtail, anise swallowtail, giant swallowtail | 5-9 |
| Wild Lime | rue | schaus’ swallowtail (endangered), bahamian swallowtail | 9-11 |
| Blue Porterweed | verbena | tropical buckeye | 9-11 |
| Creeping Charlie | verbena | white peacock; nectar for crescents, blues, hairstreaks, metalmarks | 3-10 |
| Lantana | verbena | painted lady | 8-11 |
| Verbena | verbena | painted lady | 8-11 |
| Coontie | zamia | atala | 8-11 |
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Call or text: Mike 239-571-2026 (plants) Resa 239-822-2752 (critters) Email: or click to
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