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Butterfly Gardening for Texas Number Forty-six Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural Environment Series Palamedes Swallowtail (Papilio palamedes) [44.204.94.166] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 21:37 GMT) T E X A S A & M U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S College Station Butterfly Gardening for Texas G E YA T A A J I LV S G I l Copyright © 2013 by Geyata Ajilvsgi Manufactured in China by Everbest Printing Co., through FCI Print Group All rights reserved First edition This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper). Binding materials have been chosen for durability. All photographs for the book were taken by the author, using 35 mm single-lens reflex (SLR) Nikon FA and Nikon 8008 camera bodies, Fujichrome 100 or Ektachrome 100 Professional film, and 35 mm, 50 mm, 55 mm, and 200 mm macro lenses with various close-up rings, and with a Canon EOS 40D digital camera and a 180 mm macro lens with various extensions. Supplementary flash was often used to stop wind motion or the flutter of a butterfly’s wing. (previous page) Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor) Janais Patch (Chlosyne janais) Larva L I B R A RY O F C O N G R E S S Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ajilvsgi, Geyata Butterfly gardening for Texas / Geyata Ajilvsgi. — 1st ed. p. cm. — (Louise Lindsey Merrick natural environment series ; no. 46) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-1-60344-806-2 (flex : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 1-60344-806-3 (flex : alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-1-60344-957-1 (e-book) ISBN-10: 1-60344-957-4 (e-book) 1. Butterfly gardening—Texas. I. Title. II. Series: Louise Lindsey Merrick natural environment series ; no. 46. QL544.6.A35 2013 638’.578909764—dc23 2012031589 [44.204.94.166] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 21:37 GMT) The purpose of butterflies . . . will not be found . . . in the few flowers that they may inadvertently pollinate . . . nor in the numbers of parasitic wasps they may support . . . and to peer beneath a microscope at their dissected fragments will in no way . . . elucidate the reason for their being. . . . their purpose is their BEAUTY. . . . and the beauty they bring into the lives of those of us who have stopped long enough from the cares of the world to LISTEN to their fascinating story . . . —William H. Howe, On Butterflies and Moths Janais Patch (Chlosyne janais) Field of fall blooming flowers attracts butterflies. ...