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Monarch butterflies are the iconic butterfly. It's impossible not to picture their vibrant orange and black wings fluttering through gardens or meadows when someone mentions them by name. These ...
Gardeners can have a positive impact by adding native plants to existing gardens, as well as creating new native plant ...
Jeff Wallitsch, of Wallitsch Gardens, said now is a great time to get started because June is pollinator month.
As the days lengthen and the sun warms our gardens, a spectacular migration is underway, bringing with it one of nature's most beloved insects: the Monarch butterfly. These iconic orange and black ...
Mark Newberger's garden on Mount Ashland features native plant species that support monarch butterflies and other pollinators ...
All across this country we are seeing fewer and fewer of the beautiful Eastern Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus). The same ...
From former farmland outside of Butler County to community gardens and ditches, spots across Nebraska are being used to house ...
The Monarch Joint Venture is educating Nebraskans and helping facilitate planting of pollinator-friendly plants, particularly ...
Female monarchs lay their eggs exclusively on milkweed plants, for which there are over 100 species in North America, and the caterpillars only eat milkweed leaves. Ecologist Lee Walston says ...
“They have smaller flowers so butterflies with tiny proboscides can reach the nectar,” she said. “Butterfly bush (Buddleja) ...
It begins with hardly any caterpillars wriggling ... glyphosate also destroy milkweed and nectar plants, leaving butterflies with nowhere to lay eggs and nothing to eat. Climate change: Shifts ...