WHERE AND HOW TO CATCH BUTTERFLIES? 1 Choose a suitable place to catch butterflies. Butterflies can usually be found on lawns and in fields. If you plan to catch butterflies in your garden, plant plants that will attract them. For example, butterflies are attracted to calendula, milkweed, buckwheat, zinnia and heliotrope flowers. 2 Look for butterflies sitting on flowers, drinking nectar or settling down for the night. 3 Sneak up on the butterfly. If possible, try to approach it quietly and slowly from behind. As soon as you are within reach, throw the net over the butterfly. Do this in a quick motion so that the butterfly does not have time to escape. 4 You can also try to catch a flying butterfly, although this is much more difficult. The best way to do this is to first sneak up on the insect from behind. Then you should quickly wave the net so that the butterfly ends up in it, and lower the net so that the insect does not fly out of it.