{"id":2910,"date":"2021-03-14T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kildarelibrariesblog.com\/?p=2910"},"modified":"2021-03-15T16:41:07","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T16:41:07","slug":"learn-about-butterflies-day-march-14th-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/learn-about-butterflies-day-march-14th-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn About butterflies Day March 14th 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Elaine Patterson, Newbridge Headquarters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pexels-photo-675313.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2913\" width=\"319\" height=\"446\" \/><figcaption>Photo by Cindy Gustafson on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/selective-focus-photography-of-group-of-monarch-butterflies-perching-on-purple-lavender-flower-675313\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pexels.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn about Butterflies Day happens on the 14<sup>th<\/sup> March and is the perfect excuse to learn more about the species of butterflies and moths that live in Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are some helpful websites that you can use to identify the different species of Irish butterflies: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irishbutterflies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Irish Butterflies<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/species.biodiversityireland.ie\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Biodiversity Data Centre<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/butterflyconservation.ie\/wp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Butterfly Conservation Ireland<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/UK%20Butterflies.%20%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UK Butterflies. <\/a>Alternatively, you can order a guide book on Irish butterflies from your local bookstore or wait until restrictions permit your local library to reopen and request a guide book then.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year if you want to, you could start a butterfly garden and keep records of what species visit it. Contrary to what you might think you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need a lot of space or an actual garden-you can just have a few containers holding nectar-producing flowers and plants that caterpillars like to eat.&nbsp; However, you will need an area that gets plenty of sun to put your containers in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before buying any plants, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll need to research the species present in Ireland and what plants they feed on (both as adults and caterpillars), which is where the websites I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve already mentioned will come in handy. After that you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll need to plan out your garden: where to put the containers, what species do you want to attract, etc. You could also ask your local garden centre for advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following resources have more information on creating a butterfly garden:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gromor.ie\/tip\/planting-bees-butterflies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gro Mor<\/a> \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/Fernhill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fernhill<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fixturesandflowers.co.uk\/how-to-make-a-butterfly-garden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fixtures and Flowers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenofedengardencenter.com\/butterfly-gardens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eden&#8217;s Garden Centre<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.enjoycontainergardening.com\/blog\/butterfly-gardening-in-containers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Enjoy Container Gardening<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/balconygardenweb.com\/how-to-make-a-container-butterfly-garden-making-a-butterfly-garden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Balcony Garden Web<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Elaine Patterson, Newbridge Headquarters Learn about Butterflies Day happens on the 14th March and is the perfect excuse to learn more about the species of butterflies and moths that live in Ireland. There are some helpful websites that you can use to identify the different species of Irish butterflies: Irish Butterflies, National Biodiversity Data [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182174489,"featured_media":2915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4762,22189],"tags":[193330,130469593,589507614,715948480],"class_list":["post-2910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-educational","category-general-information","tag-butterflies","tag-irish-butterflies","tag-irish-moths","tag-march-14th-2021"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182174489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2910"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2916,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2910\/revisions\/2916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}