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homemade butterfly nectar recipe

Homemade Butterfly Nectar Recipe

Attract butterflies to your backyard with this quick and easy homemade butterfly nectar recipe.
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Course Butterfly Food
Cuisine Insect Food

Equipment

  • Large Pan
  • Whisk
  • Storage Bottle
  • Funnel (optional)

Ingredients
  

  • 10 Cups Water
  • 1 Cup Sugar fructose or white cane sugar
  • 1 Tbsp Soya Sauce Regular, not low salt/sodium

Instructions
 

No Boil Instructions

  • Add your water to the pan.
  • Add the sugar into the water.
  • Stir the mixture well until the sugar dissolves.
  • Add Soya Sauce and stir well.
  • Decant the mixture into the storage bottle using the funnel
  • Fill a clean butterfly feeder with nectar.
  • Store excess sugar water in the refrigerator for up to 4 weeks.

Boiling Instuctions

  • Add your water to the pan.
  • Place on the stove and boil the water for 15 minutes.
  • Take the water off the heat and immediately add the sugar.
  • Allow the sugar water to cool to room temperature.
  • Add Soya Sauce and stir well.
  • Decant the mixture into the storage bottle using the funnel.
  • Fill a clean butterfly feeder with nectar.
  • Store excess sugar water in the refrigerator for up to 4 weeks.
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