Plants That Attract Butterflies
Monarch Life Cycle
Host Plants Versus Nectar Plants
Host Plants: Partridge pea.
Habitat: Open meadows and roadsides, especially where its favorite host plant partridge pea grows.
Comments: The Little Yellow is a common migrant species in Wisconsin. It is not likely that this butterfly can survive Wisconsin winters, and its population here is replenished each year from the southern states.
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