Yes, they most certainly do like anthuriums. The Common Mormon, at least, is most definitely attracted to them. I know because I grow a lot of anthuriums and the Common Mormons are frequent visitors to the shade house. I never really stopped to observe till now whether it was the tiny flowers and the sticky 'dew' on the spadix of the anthurium inflorescence that attracted them or the leaves (as potential hosts) because I've seen the butterflies linger on both.
Sunita --- On Mon, 4/26/10, Madhuri Pejaver <[email protected]> wrote: From: Madhuri Pejaver <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Anthuriums attract butterflies To: [email protected] Date: Monday, April 26, 2010, 11:01 AM can it be for the cell sap? some specific chemical??? madhuri From: Yashodan Heblekar <yashodan.heblekar@ yahoo.com> To: Admin <butterflyindia@ yahoogroups. com> Sent: Sun, 25 April, 2010 1:16:57 PM Subject: [ButterflyIndia] Anthuriums attract butterflies I had been advised that anuthuriums don't attract butterflies ; did find some literature on the web to support that. But observations at the conservatory contradict those - infact they seem to attract them in good numbers ! Rgds Yashodan Heblekar Butterfly Conservatory Of Goa www.bcogoa.org www.butterflygoa. blogspot. com Conservatory lines : +91 832 2985174. -- Enjoy Subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/butterflyindia/subscribe?hl=en
