Anything people can do to help butterflies is important. You can encourage butterflies at all stages to frequent your yard by creating butterfly habitats. The most important concerns for butterflies are the basic habitat components. Butterflies can be attracted by offering food, water and shelter. They need nectar plants and host plants.
Monarch butterflies have a direct relationship with milkweed.
The eggs are laid and hatch within four to five days. The Yellow, white and black striped caterpillars have a voracious appetite and eat the leaves. The silvery blue butterfly lays its eggs on wild pea blossoms. The cabbage white caterpillars munch on cabbage and broccoli. Nectar plants are flowering plants which provide a food source for the adult butterflies.