Monarch caterpillars & seattle washington?
August 31st, 2009 | by |
deeplysorrowedsin asked:
Ok i really want to attract butterflies to my area with lots of milkweed bushes & flowers but like i was wondering if they would come to seattle.. i dont live in the city.. i live in a nice neighbor hood with a huge backyard.. so if i ordered lots and lots of milkweed bushes and re planted them in my backyard do you think i will get any monarch butterflies? their are absolutly no weeds in my garden except lots of flowers.. do you think these butterflies will come?
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Ok i really want to attract butterflies to my area with lots of milkweed bushes & flowers but like i was wondering if they would come to seattle.. i dont live in the city.. i live in a nice neighbor hood with a huge backyard.. so if i ordered lots and lots of milkweed bushes and re planted them in my backyard do you think i will get any monarch butterflies? their are absolutly no weeds in my garden except lots of flowers.. do you think these butterflies will come?
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By Cynthia LY on Sep 2, 2009 | Reply
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Seems doubtful.
“The monarch butterfly can be found in North America south of Hudson Bay down to South America. It is not found in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. It has been established in Hawaii and Australia.”
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about milkweed:
Common Milkweed (Butterfly flower, Silkweed, Silky Swallow-wort, Virginia Silkweed;Asclepias syriaca) is a species of milkweed, native to most of North America east of the Rocky Mountains, with the exception of the drier parts of the Prairies.
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