Welcome to The Butterfly Garden forum. Pull up a chair, get comfortable and join a fun family of folks who love to garden, especially for their butterfly and moth visitors, share their experiences with both, their techniques, insight and their woeÂs.
Knowledge is a wonderful thing and greatly adds to the total enjoyment in everything we do. And there are many knowledgeable people in both fields on this forum who enjoy helping anyone by answering their questions. But for them to give credible answers to those questions, a little thought needs to go into the questions being asked. There is no such thing as a dumb question, so please donÂt let that prevent you from asking it. Everyone starts out as a newbie no matter what the topic is and we are all friends here.
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"I saw a yellow butterfly yesterday. What was it?"
Not much to go on for an answer if you consider that there are approximately 180,000 species of Lepidoptera worldwide and that yellow is a dominant color in many of them.
A picture always helps, but they are not always easy to get for posting on the forum. So the more detailed written information you can supply with your question, especially if for a species identification, the more accurate the answers to them will be.
Minimum information is a good description of the butterfly or moth. Things like relative size, markings, type of habitat seen in, plantÂs it was around, etc as best as you can describe them.
The other minimum that is most often ignored is where the butterfly or moth was seen. In the United States in what state and county, and if in Canada or Mexico the providence or state and what portion of it helps a lot. ItÂs a rare species that flies just about everywhere and many species in North America have fairly limited to very limited ranges. So for an accurate identification, where it was seen simply has to be provided.
Adding any other information you think might be useful to those trying to help is not without benefit also.
The same minimums apply to asking about plants as well with about 350,000 species worldwide BTW. Just describe the plants characteristics as well as you can.
Many adult butterflies and moths (and some plants) are recognized well enough by even folks who are not actively studying them to guess a common name or family, and that too can be of some help. But the other forms in a butterfly or moths life (egg, caterpillar, pupa) and many plant characteristics probably will not be as recognized. So your detailed written descriptions will become the only means for answers to be formed from, and need to be as descriptive as possible.
Also try to spend a little time in the FAQ section of the forum as well. There is quite a bit of basic information there, and more is being added as it becomes available.
Thanks for coming, and enjoy the forum.
Ladobe (AKA Larry)
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