Gardening for Butterflies
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Your online educational resource on Afrotropical Butterflies and Moths We want to see schools teaching children how to rear and study them.
The Lepidopterists' Society of Africa is concerned with the long-term conservation of Africa's butterflies and moths. To do this we need lots of young people to become enthusiastic about them, and start having fun with them. This page aims to attract parents and educators who want to know more about butterflies and moths. We need butterflies and moths to appear on school curricula so that this can happen. If you want to know more, or want to help, join this page!
A surprisingly low number of plants support butterflies, moths, and other herbivores. The website helps you select plants that will bring life back to your garden or open spaces, to restore the intricate food webs that sustain biodiversity.
10/10/2024
https://gillittsconservancy.wordpress.com/2024/10/10/some-recent-developments-in-iphithi/
Some recent developments in iPhithi Last summer when it was very rainy the reserve wasn’t much fun to walk around. Wellies were essential where the streams flow into the river below Valley Rd and Ashley Drive. When we had the &…
05/09/2024
My Clivia minata are in flower... it's Spring!
03/09/2024
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27/08/2024
How many of you have reared the Chinese Domesticated Silkworm Bombyx mori before you discovered the Caterpillar Rearing Group and moved on to more challenging things? Did you know that we have Wild Silk Moths here in Africa? This is Racinoa ficicola, not sure of the common name (its relative the Small Silk Moth Racinoa pallicornis is in Southern African Moths and their Caterpillars). They feed on the leaves of Figs (this one is on the exotic 'Tickey Creeper') which are in the same family, Moraceae, as the familiar Mulberry tree used by its domesticated relative. Same family (Bombycidae) and the moth is very similar but (a) it's not white and (b) it can fly!
21/06/2024
We have another house visitor - a male Southern Gaudy Commodore, on Midwinters Day. My wife chased the last one out (a female) because she was worried the house geckos would get her. I told her to leave this one alone and let him take his chances. There are plenty more predators outdoors than there are indoors!
Kloof Open Indigenous Gardens 2016
Just a reminder for the Kloof Open Indigenous Gardens event, this upcoming weekend.
Weekend of 11-12 June 2016, 09h00 am - 04h00 pm
LepSoc will have a stand at Mark Liptrot and Cecily Salmon's house at 8 Uve Road, Kloof
The theme is 'EMBRACE D’MOSS : LIVE WITH NATURE'.
We are looking for volunteers to help at the stand, and tell visitors all about buttermoths and what wonderful things they are. How to appreciate them, watch them, garden for them and conserve them.
More information:
http://www.kloofconservancy.org.za/events/event/indigenous-open-gardens/
Thank you to our volunteers so far, please let me know if anyone else would be available to help at our stand during Saturday or Sunday. Estie - 076 048 4833
You can purchase tickets (R60 gives you access to 12 gardens) on the day at the entry gates. Children under 12 are free - there will be a competition for the children to keep the young ones busy - entry forms are available at the entry gates.
A last minute reminder :
LepSoc - Harold Johnson Nature Reserve Visit – 21 May 2016
In this wonderful time of the year for butterflies, we are planning a visit to Harold Johnson Nature Reserve, north of Ballito on the south bank of the Tugela River, for the 21st of May 2016.
Meet at 08h30. During the morning, everyone can enjoy ‘butterflying’ on nature walks that forms part of a 7 km nature trail. Afterwards we will have a lunch braai back at the Picnic area from 12h00 – 13h00. Don’t forget your camping chair, meat and beverages.
Entrance for day visitors R 20 pp.
Everyone interested to join us for the day, please get in contact with me for more details.
Estie Prinsloo - 076 048 4833 / [email protected]
Lepsoc KZN Social Secretary
LepSoc - Harold Johnson Nature Reserve Visit – 21 May 2016
Just a reminder:
In this wonderful time of the year for butterflies, we are planning a visit to Harold Johnson Nature Reserve, north of Ballito on the south bank of the Tugela River, for the 21st of May 2016.
Meet at 08h30. During the morning, everyone can enjoy ‘butterflying’ on nature walks that forms part of a 7 km nature trail. Afterwards we will have a lunch braai back at the Picnic area from 12h00 – 13h00.
Everyone interested to join us for the day, please get in contact with me for more details.
R20 entrance for day visitors an R85 for camping.
Bring your Camera, your meat and beverages . . . And camping chair.
Estie Prinsloo - 076 048 4833 / [email protected]
Lepsoc KZN Social Secretary
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