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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, September 10, 2015 | 6 Spotlight "Connected to your Community" Ashara Cadogan, pictured above, and below, with her father Andrew Cadogan, shares her dad's passion for butter ies. The pair support the reproduction of monarchs and swallowtails in their own backyard. | photo courtesy of the Cadogan family Butter ies are a family affair for father and daughter by Julia Le Oakville Beaver Staff A ndrew Cadogan and his daughter Ashara have transformed their family backyard in Oakville into a launching pad for butter ies. The pair has been cultivating dill and milkweed year after year to attract eastern black swallowtail and monarch butter ies to lay their eggs. "Once laid, we have been taking care of the eggs and caterpillars in our home, ensuring that they are fed and are protected from predators," said Cadogan, noting his daughter goes out in the evenings to look through the plants for eggs the size of pinheads. After they have morphed into chrysalises Once laid, we have been taking care of the eggs and caterpillars in our home, ensuring that they are fed and are protected from predators. Andrew Cadogan, Oakville and emerge as butter ies, they're released into nature, explained Cadogan. The longtime Oakville resident said it's a beautiful process of which he never tires. | photo by Jayson Mills ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) see Backyard on p.12 Volume 53 | Number 72 5046 Mainway, Unit 2, Burlington (905) 845-3824 Oakville Beaver is a member of the Ontario Press Council. The council is located at 80 Gould St., Suite 206, Toronto, Ont., M5B 2M7. Phone (416) 340-1981. Advertising is accepted on the condition that, in the event of a typographical error, that portion of advertising space occupied by the erroneous item, together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rate. The publisher reserves the right to categorize advertisements or decline. Editorial and advertising content of the Oakville Beaver is protected by copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited. NEIL OLIVER Vice ­President and Group Publisher DAVID HARVEY Regional General Manager JILL DAVIS Halton Region Editor in Chief Editorial Department (905) 845-3824 Advertising Department (905) 845-3824 Classi ed Advertising (905) 632-4444 Circulation: 5300 Harvester Rd., Burlington (905) 631-6095 DANIEL BAIRD Director of Advertising ANGELA BLACKBURN Managing Editor