Native Texas Butterflies

Butterfly House and NEW Butterfly Garden

June 1-September 30

Enjoy being immersed among native Texas fluttering butterflies in our butterfly house and butterfly garden. This is also a beautiful setting for pictures.

Here are a few of the varieties of butterflies that you can look for in our Native Texas Butterfly House & Garden.*

Monarchs

Queens

Painted Ladies

Hackberry

Tawny Emperor

Question Marks

Gulf Fritillaries

Variegated Fritillaries

Tiger Swallowtails

Black Swallowtails

Pipevine Swallowtails

Giant Swallowtails

*Please note that varities may vary by season and what is available from our suppliers.

Resources

Learn how to attract native Texas butterflies to your own garden.  These instructions will help you to select plants that butterflies use as food for their caterpillars and for nectaring adults.

Also, you can read about the vital importance of "pollinator gardens", and how to create them here>

Or, you can read a butterfly article by Roger Sanderson, Heard Museum Wildlife Biologist and Director of Botanical Gardens, featured in McKinney Living Magazine, March 2010: "Sunny Side of Life"