Rocky Mountain or California clearwing, often referred to as a bumblebee or hummingbird moth, not extremely common in San ...

Monarchs are becoming extinct, and the Tennessee Department of Transportation is giving away milkweed seeds to replenish the dwindling monarch population. Butterfly enthusiasts are contributing to the ...

Monarch butterflies use only milkweed as the food plant for their larvae. They cannot sustain ... from swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) to common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca).

These invasive flowering plants may look gorgeous, but they're actually destructive for your lawn and garden. Remove them and ...

We’ll begin with one of the most familiar, and most-loved, butterflies in North America, the Monarch. Their orange-on-black pattern is offset by a black border with small white spots, reminiscent of ...

Captive-raising monarchs in cages also puts the butterflies at risk. The OE parasite can reach very high levels in indoor ...

Will protecting monarch butterflies under the Endangered Species Act improve their chance of surviving? Not necessarily, 2 entomologists caution.

Gravel gardens are the perfect way to save water and time, while still enjoying a beautiful landscape. It's just a matter of ...

The once-common orange-and-black butterflies ... to make a two-way migration as birds do. Unlike other butterflies that can overwinter as larvae, pupae, or even as adults in some species, monarchs ...

Echoing our finding, other scientists conducted a genetic analysis in 2023 that also found no evidence of population decline in monarchs, or in common milkweed, the butterflies' main larval host ...