Butter-Fly House

Great job!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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Do the butterflies actually get inside?

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Nice reuse of “stuff”.

I, too, was wondering if butterflies actually use these houses?

Lew

I like that ,I love butterflies but how do you attract them

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I’ve had mine up a couple of months so far. No butterflys yet that I’ve noticed.

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Good use of leftovers and a wife-created excuse to get into the shop.

Nice looking butterfly house, but won’t the MDF start coming apart in the weather?

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Neat project. My family is partial to butterflies also. We plant various host plants to sacrifice for the larvae. My daughter collects the caterpillars, places them in her butterfly tent, watches them spin cocoons, hatch and then releases them. Mother natures is amazing. Thanks for sharing.

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I always wondered what a butterfly house looked like.

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Very nice butterfly house. Need some info : Size of house and holes? What is in the inside? Thanks for posting.

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tom

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does any butter-fly come to your house now? u are a good husband. hehe

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Some answers

At this point in time I have seen no butterfly at the house.The house is about 24” tall, 8” wide and 4” deep. The slots are 1/2” wide and about 3” in length. To attract butterflies, I am told you should plant some species of flowers that butterflies like. (your local nursery would be able to help with this). Or ask at the sister site, Garden Tenders, I’ll bet someone there will know.
Yes the butterflies will go in the house, entering through the slots cut in the front. Inside the house (picture 3) you will see the back opens to place a couple of large pieces of bark. This is so the butterflies have a place to get a foot-hold. Once in the house hopefully they will nest and reproduce…. That’s the theory anyway.

As for the use of MDF. Yes this is not probably the best choice of material. But once painted I don’t think the weather will be too much of a factor. It will be put away in the shed during the winter. If I get a couple of years out of it then that will be just fine with me.

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This is a nice project and a nice re-purposing of material.

Well done.

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If I was a Butterfly, I think I’d try it out.<;o)

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Great job Toyguy. Good luck in the contest.

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