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NOLA BugLady's Garden Butterflies and Caterpillars

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Black Swallowtail Parsley, Dill, Fennel, Rue, Cowbane
Giant Swallowtail Citrus, HopTree, Rue, Prickly Ash
Pipevine Swallowtail Pipevine varieties:  Aristolochia tomentosa, A. fimbriata,   A. durior, A. serpentaria, A. triloba
Spicebush Swallowtail Spicebush, Sassafras, Prickly Ash, Camphor, Sweet Bay Magnolia
Tiger Swallowtail Tulip Poplar, Ash, Birch, Cottonwood, Hop Tree,            Wild Cherry, Willow
Monarch Milkweed varieties: Asclepias perennis, A. incarnata,
A. tuberosa
Viceroy Cottonwood, Wild Cherry, Willow
Gulf Fritillary Passion Flower vine varieties:  Passiflora incarnata,
P. lutea, P. caerulea
Variegated Fritillary Passion Flower vine varieties, Violets
Common Buckeye Toadflax, Plantain, Agalinis, Ruellia, Snapdragons, Angelonia, Sedum
American Painted Lady Asters: Cudweed, Everlastings
Painted Lady Hollyhock, Sunflowers, Thistles
Red Admiral Pellitory, Nettle Family: False Nettles, Stinging Nettles, Wood Nettles
Question Mark Elm, Hackberry, False Nettles (Boehmeria),                      Stinging Nettles
Cloudless Sulphur Cassia varieties: Sicklepod (Cassia obtusifolia),
C. bicapsularis, Flowering Senna (Senna corymbosa), Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata)
Sleepy Orange Sulphur Sicklepod, Partridge Pea, Flowering Senna
Common Checkered Skipper Arrowleaf Sida (Sida rhombifolia)
Clouded Skipper Various grasses: St. Augustine, Johnson,                            Wooly Beard Grass (Erianthus alopecturoides)
Fiery Skipper Various grasses:  Bermudagrass, St. Augustine,           Creeping bentgrass
Horace Duskywing Oak: Red, White, Willow, Northern Red, Scrub, Water, Post and Live Oak
Long-tailed Skipper Legumes: Peas, Beans, Desmodium
Silver-spotted Skipper Wisteria, Black Locust, False indigo (Amorpha fruticosa)

 

Published on Leave a comment on Day TWO: BugLady’s Twelve Days of Christmas!

BugLady's TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS!
- Sneak a peak!-  

On the Second Day of Christmas my Grandpa read to me
Chapter Two of "BugLady's Butterfly Summer"!

 Happy Holidays to Everyone!

BugLady's Butterfly Summer

by Linda Auld

$25.00

Buy now

Published on Leave a comment on December Plant List

                Check out BugLady's available plants for December!                 Happy Holidays, Everyone!       

Barber Laboratories
504-739-5715
6444 Jefferson Highway in Harahan
Monday thru Friday 9:30-5:00

 

 

Butterfly Nectar Plants
Photo Item Size
Bee Balm - white (Monarda)  4"
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) 4"
     Blanket Flower        "Mesa Yellow" (Gaillardia)                  4"
Buttonbush  (Cephalanthus occidentalis) 1 gallon 
Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis)  4" 

Coneflower (Purple)

(Echinacea)

 4"

Coreopsis

(Coreopsis lanceolata)

 4"
Crabapple tree   (Malus)  3 gallon
Gomphrena "Fireworks" 6" round
Gulf Coast Penstemon (Penstemon tenuis) 4" & 1-quart
Mexican Flame Vine (Senecio confusus)  4"
            Big Leaf                     Mountain Mint       (Pynanthemum muticum)  6" round

Obedient Plant

(Physostegia virginiana)

 1-quart
Porterweed (Stachytarpheta) 4"

Porterweed

(Stachytarpheta)

 1-gallon
   "Red Husker"           Penstemon        (Penstemon digitalis) Quart
Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago sempervirins) 1 gallon

Spotted Bee Balm

(Monarda punctata)

               4"
Turk's Cap (Malvaviscus arboreus) 4"
  Virginia Sweetspire (Itea virginica)            3 gallon
Willow-leaf Aster (Symphyotrichum praealtum) 1-gallon

 

Caterpillar Host Plants
Photo Item Size
    Camphor Tree           (Cinnamomum                 camphora)                      (for Spicebush      Swallowtails)  4"
           Dill                      (for Black Swallowtail) 4"

           Fennel                   Bronze or green

(for Black Swallowtail)

 4"
Lead Plant      (Amorpha fruticosa)         (for Silver-spotted            Skipper &                Dogface Sulphur) 1 gallon
Lippia "Frogfruit"        (for Buckeye and Phaon Crescent) 4"
Milkweed: Aquatic- white flower (Asclepias perennis)  (for Monarch) 4"
Parsley - curled or straight leaf (for Black Swallowtail) 4"
Passion Flower Vine (Passiflora caerullea)  (for Gulf Fritillary) 4"
              Senna -                  (Senna corymbosa) (for Sulphur butterflies) 4”, 6" round
      Spider plant            (Cleome hassleriana) (for Great Southern White) 4"

 

 

Published on Leave a comment on Just in time for Christmas!

-The Perfect Nature Lover's Gift-

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Showcases 22 LOCAL BUTTERFLIES and their CATERPILLARS

  • Legal size      8-1/2" x 14"     (front and back)
  • Water resistant
  • Local information 
  • Caterpillar host plants lists @ www.nolabuglady.com                                 

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Published on Leave a comment on Day ONE: BugLady’s Twelve Days of Christmas!

BugLady's TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS!
- Sneak a peak!-  

On the First Day of Christmas my Grandma read to me
Chapter one of "BugLady's Butterfly Summer"!  Happy Holidays to Everyone!

BugLady's Butterfly Summer

by Linda Auld

$25.00

Buy now

Published on Leave a comment on November Plant List

 

Check out the BugLady's list of available
butterfly nectar and caterpillar
host plants for NOVEMBER!

Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillars on display today!

Barber Laboratories
504-739-5715
6444 Jefferson Highway in Harahan
Monday thru Friday 9:30-5:00

 

 

Butterfly Nectar Plants
Photo Item Size
Bee Balm - white (Monarda)  4"
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) 4"
     Blanket Flower        "Mesa Yellow" (Gaillardia)                  4"
Buttonbush  (Cephalanthus occidentalis) 1 gallon 
Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis)  4" 

Coneflower (Purple)

(Echinacea)

 4"
Crabapple tree   (Malus)  3 gallon
  Mistflower        Eupitorium odoratum 1 gallon
Gomphrena "Fireworks" 6" round
Gulf Coast Penstemon (Penstemon tenuis) 5"
Mexican Flame Vine (Senecio confusus)  4"
            Big Leaf                     Mountain Mint       (Pynanthemum muticum)  6" round
Porterweed (Stachytarpheta) 4"
   "Red Husker"           Penstemon        (Penstemon digitalis) Quart
Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago sempervirins) 1 gallon
Narrowleaf Sunflower   (Helianthus angustifolius)         1 gallon

Spotted Bee Balm

(Monarda punctata)

               4"
Turk's Cap (Malvaviscus arboreus) 1 gallon
  Virginia Sweetspire (Itea virginica)            3 gallon

 

Caterpillar Host Plants
Photo Item Size
    Camphor Tree           (Cinnamomum                 camphora)                      (for Spicebush      Swallowtails)  4"
           Dill                      (for Black Swallowtail) 4"
Lead Plant      (Amorpha fruticosa)         (for Silver-spotted            Skipper &                Dogface Sulphur) 1 gallon
Lippia "Frogfruit"        (for Buckeye and Phaon Crescent) 4"
Milkweed: Aquatic- white flower (Asclepias perennis)  (for Monarch) 4"
Parsley - curled or straight leaf (for Black Swallowtail) 4"
Passion Flower Vine (Passiflora caerullea)  (for Gulf Fritillary) 1 gallon
              Senna -                  (Senna corymbosa) (for Sulphur butterflies) 4”, 6" round
      Spider plant            (Cleome hassleriana) (for Great Southern White) 4"

 

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'NATIVE GARDENING In The South'

                      A Personal Guide for Understanding,                             Appreciating, and Using the Indigenous           Plants of Dixie 

Now Available at NOLA BugLady and BARBER LABORATORIES!

Published on Leave a comment on The Nature Nerd visits the NOLA BugLady!

THE NATURE NERD VISITS THE NOLA BUGLADY! Laine and Liam figure out what really happens inside a chrysalis

Nature Nerds

Find the podcast episode here.

Published on Leave a comment on October Plant List

 

Check out the BugLady's list of available
butterfly nectar and caterpillar
host plants for OCTOBER!

Barber Laboratories
504-739-5715
6444 Jefferson Highway in Harahan
(Social distancing outside in backyard)
Monday thru Friday 9:30-5:00

 

 

Butterfly Nectar Plants
Photo Item Size
Bee Balm - white (Monarda)  4"
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) 4"
     Blanket Flower         Mesa Yellow (Gaillardia)                  4"
Buttonbush  (Cephalanthus occidentalis) 1 gallon 
Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis)  4" 

Coneflower (Purple)

(Echinacea)

 4"
Crabapple tree   (Malus)  3 gallon
Eupitorium odoratum 1 gallon
Gomphrena "Fireworks" 6" round
Gulf Coast Penstemon (Penstemon tenuis) 5"
          Ironweed            (Vernonia)  4"
Mexican Flame Vine (Senecio confusus)  4"
        Mountain Mint       Big Leaf (Pynanthemum muticum)  6" round
Porterweed (Stachytarpheta) 4"
"Red Husker"           Penstemon:          (Penstemon digitalis) Quart
Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago sempervirins) 1 gallon
September Sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani)            1 gallon
September Sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius)         1 gallon

Spotted Bee Balm

(Monarda punctata)

               4"
Turk's Cap (Malvaviscus arboreus) 1 gallon
  Virginia Sweetspire (Itea virginica)        6" &  1 gallon                        3 gallon

 

Caterpillar Host Plants
Photo Item Size
    Camphor Tree        (Cinnamomum                 camphora)                      (for Spicebush      Swallowtails)  4"
           Dill                      (for Black Swallowtail) 4"
Lead Plant      (Amorpha fruticosa)         (for Silver-spotted            Skipper &                Dogface Sulphur) 1 gallon
Lippia "Frogfruit"        (for Buckeye and Phaon Crescent) 4"
Milkweed: Aquatic- white flower (Asclepias perennis)  (for Monarch) 4"

Milkweed: Swamp-           pink flower              (Asclepias incarnata)         ( for Monarch)

 1-quart
Parsley - curled or straight leaf (for Black Swallowtail) 4"
Passion Flower Vine (Passiflora caerullea)  (for Gulf Fritillary) 1 gallon
              Senna -                  (Senna corymbosa) (for Sulphur butterflies) 4”, 6" round
      Spider plant            (Cleome hassleriana) (for Great Southern White) 4"