This book contains over 250 full colour photos of butterfly lifecycles and caterpillar food plants for 48 different species of butterflies that occur in the south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales. Thirty-one of the 48 species covered were raised from butterfly eggs laid on host plants grown in a 16 perch (405 sq m) inner suburban garden in Brisbane. All photos are of living animals. Much other information is also covered. The Butterflies Australian Painted Lady Blue Tiger Blue Triangle Bordered Rustic Caper Gull Caper White Chequered Swallowtail Chocolate Argus Clearwing Swallowtail Common Crow Common Pencilled-blue Dainty Swallowtail Eastern Dusk-flat Evening Brown Four-barred Swordtail Fuscous Swallowtail Glasswing Imperial Hairstreak Indigo Flash Jezebel Nymph Laced Fritillary Large Grass-yellow Leafwing Lemon Migrant Lesser Wanderer Macleay's Swallowtail Meadow Argus Monarch Orchard Swallowtail Pale Triangle Plumbago Blue Purple Moonbeam Regent Skipper Richmond Birdwing Scarlet Jezebel Small Grass-yellow Small Green-banded Blue Splendid Ochre Swamp Tiger Tailed Emperor Varied Eggfly Varied Sword-grass Brown White-banded Plane White Migrant Yellow Admiral Yellow Albatross Yellow Jewel Yellow Migrant

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Create More Butterflies: A Guide to 48 butterflies and their host-plants for South-east Queensland and Northern New South Wales by Frank Jordan and Helen Schwencke, is an 88 page book.Many of the species covered have ranges that extend southward into the Sydney and north into the Gladstone regions and some beyond

It is packed with over 250 photos of living parts of the life cycles of those 48 different butterfly life cycles.Of particular interest are the many species that are able to be easily attracted to breed in any garden, if the food plants for the different species of butterflies' caterpillars are provided.

There are separate sections on getting started, native food plants we can share parts of, where to find good butterfly watching places in south-east Queensland, observing nature, raising caterpillars, the relationships butterflies and other creatures have with each other, nectar plants, and some spectacular day-flying and other moths.

The butterflies covered are: Australian Painted Lady, Blue Tiger, Blue Triangle, Bordered Rustic, Caper Gull, Caper White, Chequered Swallowtail, Chocolate Argus, Clearwing Swallowtail, Common Crow, Common Pencilled-blue, Dainty Swallowtail, Eastern Dusk-flat, Evening Brown, Four-barred Swordtail, Fuscous Swallowtail, Glasswing, Imperial Hairstreak, Indigo Flash, Jezebel Nymph, Laced Fritillary, Large Grass-yellow, Leafwing, Lemon Migrant, Lesser Wanderer, Macleay's Swallowtail, Meadow Argus, Monarch, Orchard Swallowtail, Pale Triangle, Plumbago Blue, Purple Moonbeam, Regent Skipper, Richmond Birdwing, Scarlet Jezebel, Small Grass-yellow, Small Green-banded Blue, Splendid Ochre, Swamp Tiger, Tailed Emperor, Varied Eggfly, Varied Sword-grass Brown, White-banded Plane, White Migrant, Yellow Admiral, Yellow Albatross, Yellow Jewel, Yellow Migrant