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What Butterflies Can I Attract to My Garden?

Butterflies

In the butterfly category, we cover topics like tips to attract butterflies, ways to help save Monarchs, air pollution effects on butterflies, butterfly day, and more.

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diagram of butterfly life cycle showing red eggs, brown larva, brown pupa, and black adult butterfly

Butterfly Life Cycle – Complete Metamorphosis

These complicated yet fascinating stage are considered ...
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orange and black butterfly

How to Save Monarch Butterflies From Extinction

The most efficient ways where every person can participate and be the change ...
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orange and black butterfly with caterpillar

Butterfly Migration: A Rhythm In Nature

Scientific look at the sequence of events that happen ...
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How to Attract Monarch Butterflies

If you’ve been feeling like you don’t see as many Monarch butterflies ...
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yellow and green moth

What are the Differences Between Moths and Butterflies?

Many features of insects overlap making it difficult to identify. We'll explain these characteristics and ...
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What You Can Plant to Attract Endangered Butterflies

By planting the host plants for these endangered butterflies, you ...
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Monarch Sipping Nectar Before Starting Migration

Monarch Butterfly Migration Dates

Migration timeline goes roughly like this ...
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How do Butterflies Use Their Sense of Smell?

A new study has found that butterflies are responsible ...
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Male Julia Heliconian Butterfly with Closed Wings

4 Actionable Tips to Attract Butterflies to Your Garden

Both kids and adults love watching butterflies in the garden ...
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Capturing the Beauty of Your Butterfly Garden in Art

Butterflies are one of the most cherished symbols ...
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The Anatomy of Butterflies

How butterflies see and eat. Importance of antennae, legs ...
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butterfly parts diagram

Body Parts of a Butterfly

Illustration for the parts of a butterfly's body and ...
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butterfly lays eggs on pawpaw tree

Where to Look for Zebra Swallowtail Eggs

Watch how the female found the plant ...
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Four Butterfly Egg to Identify

Identify Four Types of Butterfly Eggs

Quickly ID the eggs and butterflies ...
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Female Monarch Butterfly

How Long do Butterflies Live?

Lifespan is around 14 days, see which ones live 8-10 months ...
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How to Identify a Male vs Female Monarch

How to Identify a Male vs Female Monarch

A small black spot appears on the wing. Is it the male or female? ...
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How to Tag Monarch Butterflies

How to Tag Monarch Butterflies

In the fall, thousands of volunteer help to tag Monarchs ...
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Butterflies Wing Markings

Butterflies Wing Markings

What are the names of the butterflies whose markings on the underside wings are forms of punctuation ...
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dark brown butterfly with orange and white spots

What Happens to Butterflies and Caterpillars in the Winter?

As the days get shorter and colder, where do the butterflies go? ...
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child coloring a butterfly

The Best Educational Caterpillar and Butterfly Activities for Students

How to combine physics and biology to explain the butterfly's transformation process and migration ...
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