Butterflies

The Difference Between Moths and Butterflies
Many features of insects overlap making it difficult to identify. We'll explain these characteristics and ...
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Capturing the Beauty of Your Butterfly Garden in Art
Butterflies are one of the most cherished symbols in modern culture, art, and spirituality. They are linked to ideals such ...
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How Butterflies Use Their Delicate Sense of Smell
A new study has found that butterflies are responsible for much more pollination than previously thought, and their sharp sense ...
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Other Ways To Attract Butterflies
There are various ways to keep butterflies interested in and returning to your garden. Basking, puddling ...
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How to Identify Butterfly Families
Beginning the process of identifying butterflies can be challenging. It is important to understand nomenclature, the systematic naming of organisms ...
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Strange Little Shapes on Plants?
As the weather warms up you may start seeing butterfly eggs on your host plants - they are tiny! We'll ...
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What Happens to Butterflies and Caterpillars in the Winter?
As the days get shorter and the temperatures cooler, what happens to all the beautiful butterflies? This is a common ...
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How Long Do Butterflies Live?
A few late season species of butterflies may hibernate, some migrate ...
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Discovering the Body of Butterflies
If you have ever wondered why the wings appear as they do or how butterflies search and find specific flowers, ...
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Identifying a Male vs Female Monarch
Do you know which image is the male and which is the female Monarch Butterfly? The image on the left ...
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Endangered Butterfly – Hessel’s Hairstreak
The Hessel’s Hairstreak is listed as a state endangered species in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, and New York and a Species ...
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How to Tag Monarch Butterflies
After receiving the ‘Monarch Watch Tagging Kit’ from Monarch Watch, it was time for us to start tagging butterflies. Watch ...
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Endangered Butterfly – Arogos Skipper
The Arogos Skipper is listed as a state endangered species in Illinois, New Jersey, and New York. It is listed ...
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A Tribute To The Monarch Butterfly:
If you’ve been feeling like you don’t see as many Monarch butterflies as you remember seeing 5, 10, or 20 ...
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Native Butterflies in Hawaii
There are just two butterflies endemic to Hawaii, and now the Gardens With Wings database includes both! We thank contributor ...
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Body Parts of a Butterfly
Illustration for the parts of a butterfly's body and close-up photos included ...
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Endangered Butterfly – Bronze Copper
The Bronze Copper (Lycaena hyllus) butterfly is listed as a state endangered species in New Jersey and a species of ...
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Butterfly Habitat & Survival
There are over 700 species of butterflies in North America. So why does it seem we only see a few ...
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Monarch Butterfly Ready to Emerge
When the Monarch chrysalis becomes transparent you can see the patterns of the butterfly wings inside. This is when you ...
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Beautiful Yellow Butterfly Flying
Watch the grace of this yellow and black Tiger Swallowtail butterfly flying and feeding on our Zinnia flowers ...
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