Weekend Activity: Attract Wildlife To Your Backyard with a Rotten Fruit Buffet

Beautiful butterflies love beautiful flowers… but did you know that some of them also love to eat rotten fruit? It sounds gross, but now you won’t have to waste your old or unused fruit – set it outside to attract butterflies and moths!

Choose ripe, juicy fruits (berries, watermelon, bananas, etc.), which are easier for the butterflies to eat. You should also change the fruit daily and not leave it out overnight, as it might attract undesirable scavengers like raccoons. And you’ll want to be able to see what it attracts during the day. As you watch, use our Butterfly and Moth Field Guides to help you identify your visitors.