The showy Tropical Milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) you have in your yard may be killing them.What Monarch Butterflies Need | Los Angeles Times — SANTA MONICA BAY AUDUBON SOCIETY BLOG
Big Butterfly Count: UK-wide survey calls on people to count butterflies to help map and measure populations — Life & Soul Magazine
Wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation is calling on people to count butterflies for 15 minutes during bright and preferably sunny weather, as part of this year’s Big Butterfly Count. The UK-wide survey simply asks you to spend 15 minutes in an outdoor space counting the amount and type of butterflies (and some day-flying moths) you see. […]Big …
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Isabelle found a nest of peacock caterpillars. — Southwick Country Park
Eastern Tailed-Blue Butterfly — Mike Powell
Yesterday I was excited to spot several tiny Eastern Tailed-Blue butterflies (Everes comyntas) during a brief visit to Jackson Miles Abbott Wetland Refuge. What was particularly striking was that these delicate butterflies were perched with their wings partially open, revealing a spectacular blue color. I maneuver to position myself almost directly above one perched close […] …
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First spring butterfly — Mike Powell
Yesterday was a beautiful spring-like day and I went on a long hike at Prince William Forest Park, the largest protected natural area in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region at over 16,000 acres. It felt like the perfect weather for finding dragonflies, but it is still a bit too early for them. I was, however, […] …
California’s Monarch Butterfly Population Critically Low for 2nd Year in a Row — KTLA
The western monarch butterfly population wintering along California’s coast remains critically low for the second year in a row, a count by an environmental group released Thursday showed. The count of the orange-and-black insects by the Xerces Society, a nonprofit environmental organization that focuses on the conservation of invertebrates, recorded about 29,000 butterflies in its… via …
Mt. Piños Birds & Butterflies Reminder: Sat & Sun, 8-9 June, 2019, 8AM — SANTA MONICA BAY AUDUBON SOCIETY BLOG
Mt. Piños is a great area for mountain birds such as Clark’s Nutcracker, White-headed Woodpecker, Mountain Quail, singing Green-tailed Towhees and Fox Sparrows, Pygmy & White Breasted Nuthatches, Cassin’s & Purple Finches, Lawrence’s Goldfinches and the ever-elusive Calliope Hummingbird. We’re always on the lookout for one or more of the released California Condors who are […] …
Butterflies Vs. Border Wall: National Butterfly Center Seeks Restraining Order — News : NPR
The center says government officials have already cut down trees on its private property in anticipation of a border wall. The planned wall would split its property in two.(Image credit: Claire Harbage/NPR) via Butterflies Vs. Border Wall: National Butterfly Center Seeks Restraining Order — News : NPR
‘Death sentence’: butterfly sanctuary to be bulldozed for Trump’s border wall
'Death sentence': butterfly sanctuary to be bulldozed for Trump's border wall https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/13/butterfly-sanctuary-border-wall-mission-texas?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress
Of all the coneflowers, in all the gardens, you fly onto mine
I haven't seen many butterflies thus far this year, so a few days ago I was excited to be treated to a wonderful scene on my garden coneflower. This beauty alighted and fed for a long time, but she wasn't alone as another little flying beauty was also admiring the echinacea. The monarch and the …
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