SUSAN DUNLAP NATURALIST & PAINTER
  • Oils
    • SEM paintings 2023
    • Recent Florals
    • Luminous Abstracts 1996-2010
    • Abstracts with Contemporary & Ancient Chinese Characters. 2011-2014
    • Clay Face Series 1990's
    • About Loss 1990's
    • Floral Series 1990's
  • Watercolor
    • Invertebrate Series. Based on the work of Haeckel and the 1872 HMS Challenger expedition . Mid-Late 1980's
    • Contemporary Chinese Characters. 2010
    • Fantasy Series. Early 1980's
  • Photography
    • Photographs: Clay Face Series. 1995 - 2016
    • Insect's View of Nectar Plants: General Collection >
      • Asclepias
      • Aster
      • Bidens
      • Buddleja
      • Ceanothus
      • Cirsium
      • Echinacea
      • Gaillardia
      • Lantana
      • Salvia
      • Tagetes
      • Taraxacum
      • Trifolium
      • Verbena
      • Zinnia
  • Botany
    • Apical Systematics Scientific Paper
    • Apical images: Cactaceae >
      • Acanthocalycium
      • Ariocarpus
      • Astrophytum
      • Austrocylindropuntia
      • Aztekium
      • Cleistocactus
      • Coryphantha
      • Ferocactus
    • Apical Images: Sample from Aerulean Software & Issued U.S. Patents >
      • Arctostaphylos
      • Artemesia, Erigeron, Lavandula, Viburnum
      • Buxus
      • Ceanothus
      • Cistus
      • Cotoneaster
      • Eriogonum
      • Euphorbia
      • Geranium
      • Rhododendron
      • Salvia
  • Paper: Three-fold Quantum Leap in Butterfly Nectar Knowledge
  • Butterflies
    • Nectar Plants
    • Monarch Nectar Plants (sample)
    • Host Plants
    • Butterflies in Mind: Perennials
    • Butterflies in Mind: Asclepias
    • Butterflies in Mind: Monarch
    • Butterflies in Mind: Zinnia
  • Great Spirit Path Sculpture
  • CV visual bona fides
  • Statement
  • Contact
  • Blog

Butterflies in Mind 

Butterflies in Mind — Perennials
A 500 page complete guide to all perennials that appeal to all US butterflies reflects a four-year study of butterfly activity overlaid with a 14 year study of plants. Contains a complete list of perennials correlated with the adult butterfly species they attract. Fully illustrated and indexed. 512 pages, 38,900 words.

Butterflies in Mind — Monarch
A guide to perennial nectar plants that are known to attract & feed adult Danaus plexippus. Select from over 40 genera. A compilation of original & historical data that is abundantly illustrated. 94 pages, 8,800 words.

Butterflies in Mind — Asclepias
A book focused on the Monarch butterfly’s host plant. It contains a story about nectar gardening, a list of all butterflies that feed on Milkweed, information about all US cultivated and native Milkweed, and detailed botanical macro images illustrating the structure of the blossom. 50 pages, 5,000 words.

Butterflies in Mind — Zinnia
Contains intimate macro images illustrating the butterfly’s view of the world — images botanically detailed and described. Contains details about cultivated Zinnia species and a complete list of adult butterfly species attracted to them for their nectar.  50 pages, 1400 words.



Butterflies in Mind -- Perennials
definitive guide to perennial nectar plants preferred by US butterflies
feed, attract, support (and help identify) nectar-feeding butterflies that reside in the US 
includes basic information and a list of butterflies known to feed on a plant.
correlates 600 nectar feeding butterflies with 3700 perennial plants that they prefer.
references more than 200 plant genera, contains numerous plant images, and a cross-referenced index.


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  • Oils
    • SEM paintings 2023
    • Recent Florals
    • Luminous Abstracts 1996-2010
    • Abstracts with Contemporary & Ancient Chinese Characters. 2011-2014
    • Clay Face Series 1990's
    • About Loss 1990's
    • Floral Series 1990's
  • Watercolor
    • Invertebrate Series. Based on the work of Haeckel and the 1872 HMS Challenger expedition . Mid-Late 1980's
    • Contemporary Chinese Characters. 2010
    • Fantasy Series. Early 1980's
  • Photography
    • Photographs: Clay Face Series. 1995 - 2016
    • Insect's View of Nectar Plants: General Collection >
      • Asclepias
      • Aster
      • Bidens
      • Buddleja
      • Ceanothus
      • Cirsium
      • Echinacea
      • Gaillardia
      • Lantana
      • Salvia
      • Tagetes
      • Taraxacum
      • Trifolium
      • Verbena
      • Zinnia
  • Botany
    • Apical Systematics Scientific Paper
    • Apical images: Cactaceae >
      • Acanthocalycium
      • Ariocarpus
      • Astrophytum
      • Austrocylindropuntia
      • Aztekium
      • Cleistocactus
      • Coryphantha
      • Ferocactus
    • Apical Images: Sample from Aerulean Software & Issued U.S. Patents >
      • Arctostaphylos
      • Artemesia, Erigeron, Lavandula, Viburnum
      • Buxus
      • Ceanothus
      • Cistus
      • Cotoneaster
      • Eriogonum
      • Euphorbia
      • Geranium
      • Rhododendron
      • Salvia
  • Paper: Three-fold Quantum Leap in Butterfly Nectar Knowledge
  • Butterflies
    • Nectar Plants
    • Monarch Nectar Plants (sample)
    • Host Plants
    • Butterflies in Mind: Perennials
    • Butterflies in Mind: Asclepias
    • Butterflies in Mind: Monarch
    • Butterflies in Mind: Zinnia
  • Great Spirit Path Sculpture
  • CV visual bona fides
  • Statement
  • Contact
  • Blog