possibility of butterfly attraction to specific areas of the farm necessitates further research.

Unexpectedly, there was no oviposition recorded during the entire Costa Rica trial. It is possible

that visibility of the host plants and seasonal shifts in host plant preference by the gravid females

severely affected oviposition in the tropical forest habitat. Larval predation was found to be

more frequent in areas distal to the farm epicenters, both 100 meters from the farm as well as

several kilometers. Lastly, in all trial sites, no egg parasitism was observed. These results

suggest that while gravid female butterflies are more abundant closer to butterfly farms, there is

less threat of predation to their offspring when ovipositing near the farm. The initial prediction

that the farm may act as an ecological trap seems unlikely, as, in fact, larval survivorship is

significantly higher near butterfly farms.