By Cammomile
west sussex,
United Kingdom 
Has anyone tried making a butterfly feeder? I have done a couple of times but a. the foxes eat the rotton bananas I leave out and b. the wasps and ants congregate all over the nectar I put out on a dish. Any ideas remembering I live in the UK.
28 Jul, 2010
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http://www.ehow.com/how_2285110_make-butterfly-feeder.html
found this link on ehow,
28 Jul, 2010
Put a sponge in a saucer, and moisten it with mineral water. The butterflies will come to sip the minerals. For extra attraction, use an orange-flavored sport drink (preferably all natural) but that makes for more mess and bees.
28 Jul, 2010
Thank you all - I am fascinated by the thought of butterflies drinking my home made nectar.
29 Jul, 2010
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i hang slices of melon on fishing line from the tree. and apart from the wasps they do reasonably well.
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