Trivia Answers on our Earth Day Campaign: Build You Own Butterfly Garden

We are celebrating Earth Day for 10 days with our 10 Acts of Green. As our Act of Green #8, we shared some tips on how to create your own butterfly garden on our Facebook and Twitter page and a few trivia questions as well.

Time to find out the answers to our trivia questions and see if you won a D.I.Y Your Own Butterfly Garden Booklet!

1. What kind of plants provide butterflies with sweet nutritious fluid for drinking?

Answer: Nectar Plants

2. Does using pesticide good for your butterfly garden?

Answer: No. 

3. Where is Penang Butterfly Farm located?

Answer:  Teluk Bahang, Penang

4. Aside from Nectar, what do male butterflies of some species need for nutrients?

Answer: Minerals

5. Name one weekday activity with the Nature Specialists at Penang Butterfly Farm.

Answer: Nature Talk or Vita Nova

6. Are butterflies good indicator of a healthy environment? Why?

Answer: Yes, a high number of butterflies mean that there are a high number of food plants and nectar plants in the ecosystem that benefits not only the butterflies but other animals as well.

7. As part of a global movement, what is Penang Butterfly Farm celebrating on 22 April 2014?

Answer: Earth Day

8. Why are butterflies and bees important to us?

Answer: Butterflies and bees help in pollination.

Without them plants won’t be pollinated and we won’t have fruits and vegetables.

9. Give one example of a butterfly host plant from our tip posted in our Facebook page.

Answer: (either of the following)

Aristolochia tagala Plant or Lime Plant

10. What is the name of the national butterfly of Malaysia?

Answer: Rajah Brooke’s Birdwing or Trogonoptera brookiana

Did you manage to answer all 10 questions correctly? Head on to Penang Butterfly Farm to claim your prize!

Posted in Butterflies, Events & Workshops, Nature's Motivation