Join us Saturday, July 31st @ 2 pm for LIVE BUTTERFLIES at the Commerce Township Community Library! It is common knowledge that the Monarch Butterfly relies on milkweed as the critical larval food plant that ensures future generations. However, Michigan's swallowtails - four equally large and beautiful butterfly species, but much less acknowledged - each also rely on their own specific larval food plants to reproduce. With the use of beautiful Powerpoint images and live specimens Jim McGrath of Nature Discovery will discuss the life cycles of Black, Spicebush, Tiger and Giant Swallowtails, including how to find their ornately-colored and patterned caterpillars in the wild, how to rear them safely to adult form, and what to provide in your yard to sustain adult swallowtails and caterpillars, alike. Discussion will include several other Michigan-native lepidopterans, their larvae and food plants, as well. Registration is required. https://tinyurl.com/ucy9u6pc -- Alexis Shirk Adult Services Librarian Commerce Twp. Community Library Phone: 248-669-8108 x121 "In principle and reality, *libraries* are life-enhancing palaces of wonder." -Gail Honeyman, *Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine* -- The information contained in this electronic message is intended only for the use of the designated recipient(s). If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, use, dissemination, forwarding or copying of this message is strictly prohibited, and we request that you delete the original message and all attachments.