A large landing platform is appealing because butterflies do not want to injure their wings. Butterflies are attracted to purple, yellow, orange, and red-colored flowers that grow together in large numbers. To help attract butterflies, plant these flowers together. This is especially important during the early spring and late fall when fewer nectar sources are available. If necessary, either remove pests by hand, or use treatments such as insecticidal soaps or predatory insects to remove the pests.
Indicator species are creatures that tend to associate with particular habitats.
So, by creating suitable new habitats for butterflies and their larvae, we are helping to perpetuate these beautiful creatures. Butterflies can see not only visible colors but also ultraviolet rays. They can still fly with half a wing missing. In order to avoid freezing in the wintertime, butterflies pump sugar into their blood like antifreeze. The distance from the opening of the flower to the nectaries determines the size of the butterfly attracted to a particular nectar source, because the smaller the butterfly, the smaller the proboscis or tongue in which to siphon out the nectar.