Butterfly visitors
Oh butterflies, how we missed you! Here a Common Hairstreak Strymon melinus is checking the blossom of a ground cover plant next to the...
Non-Native Plants are Contributing to Global Insect Decline
Excellent article about the importance of native plants. Enzo Pérès-Labourdette /Yale E360 https://e360.yale.edu/features/how-non-native-...
A beautiful video of a monarch swarm in Mexico
https://youtu.be/lWOySU_hAz0
Western Monarch Conservation
I recently attended a webinar presented by Kimberley Young, Xerces Ambassador for Education and Conservation, Xerces Society for...
Gulf Fritillary in the late autumn sun
Now that the days are much cooler here, there are few butterflies around. When the daytime temperatures hit the mid-60's at the warmest,...
Hangry Monarch Caterpillars
This article confirmed what I've observed about monarch caterpillars. I've seen and wondered about the head-butting when one of these...