Butterflies do not have mouths like other insects or animals. They have a proboscis, which limits them to a liquid diet. It's kind of like a built-in straw. They drink nectar from flowers, tree ...

Creating a haven for monarch butterflies in your backyard is more than just a joy for the eyes—it’s a crucial way to support ...

Butterflies are important pollinators and look beautiful fluttering around your yard. These blue fast-growing flowers are ...

From nectar-filled flowers to aromatic kitchen herbs, the following 12 plants are ones to consider if you want to attract the most colorful butterflies. Read more: 13 Stunning Plants That Will ...

Butterflies like California coffeeberry (Frangula californica), apricot mallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua), California fuchsia (Epilobium canum) and, of course, native milkweeds (Asclepias spp.) to ...

It's almost spring! And March 12 is National Plant a Flower Day, the perfect day to bask in the sunlight and plant flowers that will help pollinators like the endangered eastern monarch butterfly.

And we'll go over each of the plants that we're gonna be putting in the garden, and we're also gonna create a space for them to get water like they like to do and to be able to stretch out on some ...

Butterflies like the mourning cloak and its kin don’t often come to flowers for nectar; instead, they use sources of calories and nutrients like sap, fallen fruits/berries, and unappealing items ...

In Wisconsin’s climate, butterflies vary in their survival strategies come winter, depending on the species. They can migrate long or short distances, or can overwinter as eggs on host plants ...