- Tech Collect Recycling Drop Off
- Cloth Nappy Service Trial
- Official Opening of Prospect Digital Hub
- Free E-Waste Drop Off Locations
- Technology Abuzz at the 2013 Prospect Fair
- Tourrific Prospect to Headline 2013 Tour Down Under Events
- Mayor Generally Supportive of Taller Buildings
- Prospect Road Does It Again
- Draft Inner Metropolitan Growth Development Plan Amendment released for community consultation
- Proposed Phone Tower Addition to Council Building
- Successful Funding Bid by ERA Councils
- Prospect Retains Intelligent Community Forum Smart21 Ranking
- Friday Nights in the Plaza
- No High Rise for Prospect
- Prospect Settles Tree Dispute
- 'One Card' Library Network
- 2012/13 Annual Business Plan adopted
- City of Prospect Successful in Santos Tour Down Under Stage Bid
- Order of Australia Medal awarded to Prospect Local
- Re-Collected: A Photographic Survey of Place
- e-voting Voted up at ALGA
- Call for Heritage Tax Credit Scheme
- KidStories 2: Bigger and Brighter
- City of Prospect Double Scoops Excellence Award
- Worn to the Edges Exhibition opens 1 July
- Prospect Commemorates Amnesty International Day
- Call for Heritage Tax
- Reason for Being exhibition
- Landmark agreement paves way for volume rollout
- NBN fibre rollout to be completed or underway in a third of the country over the next three years
- NBN and the Digital Economy
- Water Efficiency Incentive Scheme is back
- New Joint Venture established to deliver roll out of NBN to Prospect
- Drawn to Bodies of Water
- Prospect Fair goes Green
- State government approves Urban Renewal Authority
- NBN Fast-Tracked for Roll Out
- Prospect Nominee for Pride of Australia
- Prospect People Prospect Past on Show
- Prospect Gallery Exhibition of the Ornate
- Prospect Wins Excellence Award
- Prospect Library Leads the Way
- Cyclist Infrastructure Upgraded on Prospect and Churchill Roads
- New Council announced
- Sustainable Living Guide now online
- Churchill Road make over begins
- ERA creates strategy to boost services to local communities
Butterflies
Butterflies can be found in virtually every garden in every suburb of Adelaide.They are considered welcome visitors and add a dash of colour and movement to the garden. The South Australian Butterflies website contains a wealth of information on local butterflies, and suggests that the following butterfly species may be found in urban Adelaide:
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The SA Museum website incorporates the Butterfly Watch program, which aims to find out more about local butterflies, and includes information on how to identify butterflies, fact sheets for teachers, an online exhibition Where have all the butterflies gone? and a list of indigenous larval host plants for the Adelaide area.
Further information can be found on the Butterfly Conservation SA website.
Attracting Butterflies to your Garden
The South Australian Butterflies website contains a section on Butterfly Gardening, including larval host plants and information on how to make your garden butterfly friendly.
"Growing Bush" a plant nursery specialising in Adelaide's indigenous flora can supply Butterfly Gardening kits which include a variety of local native plants to attract butterflies to your garden.
The SA Urban Forests Biodiversity Program has some excellent information on attracting native fauna and managing threats to fauna in urban situations on their Backyards for Wildlife page. Information for attracting specific types of fauna is included on the Wildlife living in or visiting your garden page.
The SA Museum website contains a list of indigenous larval host plants for the Adelaide area.
Further Information
For further information on the native fauna or flora of the Prospect area, please phone 8269 5355, or email us.
