Butterfly Houses
(Hibernating Boxes)

These decorative butterfly houses will be an attactive addition to any garden. There is a lot of discussion about whether or not butterfly houses are effectively used by butterflies. The truth is sometimes they are and sometimes they are not. What people purchase for their gardens should be referred to as a "hibernating box". They are meant as places for certain species of butterflies to overwinter in. These may not help, but they certainly will not hurt.

If butterflies use them, it would not be until the fall season. It should be placed in a woody section of your garden if at all possible.

It will help considerably if you develop a butterfly friendly environment that will attact butterflies. If you need some ideas about building a garden, visit our page on how to build a butterfly garden. A piece of bark should be placed in the butterfly house. If the butterflies are impressed with the environment, they will enter the house and lay their eggs in the bark. At the very least these are very attractive and are great conversation pieces.