Common Buckeye Host Plant: Essential Guide for Gardeners
WEBThe Common Buckeye Butterfly, scientifically known as Junonia coenia, is a unique butterfly species found in North America. It thrives in open, sunny landscapes such as fields, gardens, and parks.
A Ruellia (Mexican Petunia) for You - HCMGA
WEBAug 9, 2021 · Drummond’s Ruellia, Ruellia drummondiana, is the host plant for the Common Buckeye butterfly and will grow in shade. Fringeleaf wild petunia, Ruellia humilis, flowers in a light violet and grows to only around two feet tall. It, too, is the larval host plant for the Common Buckeye.
How to Plant, Grow, and Care For Wild Petunias - Epic Gardening
WEBJun 17, 2024 · Wild petunia is a good choice for your wildlife-friendly landscape. The flowers attract butterflies, native bees, and other beneficial insects. Wild petunia is a larval host plant for buckeye butterfly caterpillars, so you may see these prickly-looking caterpillars feasting on the leaves.
Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia) - Butterfly Identification
WEBFeb 20, 2024 · The Common Buckeye Butterfly is a captivating species of true brushfoot butterflies, renowned for their vibrant and distinctive eye-like markings on their wings. This butterfly is a frequent sight across many regions of the United States and Mexico, where it thrives in various open habitats.
Ruellia caroliniensis - North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant …
WEBThis plant supports Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia) larvae which has two to three broods from May-October. Caterpillars eat the host plant's leaves while adults feed on the nectar of composite flowers including aster, chicory, …
Junonia coenia - Wikipedia
WEBJunonia coenia, known as the common buckeye or buckeye, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Its range covers much of North America and some of Central America, including most of the eastern half of the US, the lower to middle Midwest, the Southwest (including most of California), southern Canada, and Mexico.
Wild Petunia (Ruellia caroliniensis subsp. ciliosa) - Garden.org
WEBWild Petunia (Ruellia ciliosa or humilis) produces lavender flowers in the mid to late summer. Native to eastern North America, it is a larval host plant for the Common Buckeye butterfly. Butterflies enjoy its nectar, as do native bees, especially sweat, small carpenter, and leafcutter bees.
Native Plant: Wild petunia - The Columbus Dispatch
WEBOct 11, 2020 · The wild petunia is particularly attractive to long-tongued bees and butterflies, and is a host plant for common Buckeye butterfly larvae. Growing requirements. Hardiness zones: 3-9. Sun:...
Creature Feature: Common Buckeye - Birds and Buds
WEBOct 30, 2018 · Family: Nymphalidae. Distinguishing Features/Description. Common buckeyes are medium sized, brightly colored and strikingly patterned butterflies. Each of the buckeye’s four wings have two dark colored eye spots circled in a thin band of yellow.
Common Buckeye - Alabama Butterfly Atlas - University of …
WEBIncluding a variety of flowers such as Black Eyed Susans (Rudbeckia spp.), Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), Joe Pye Weeds (Eutrochium spp.), asters (Symphyotrichum spp.), ironweeds (Vernonia spp.), Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), and Blue Mistflower/Wild Ageratum (Conoclinium coelestinum) in your landscape will provide food for ...