What Bees See
A garden filled with beautiful flowers always attracts our attention, but stunning flowers didn’t evolve to attract human eyes. TheContinue Reading
Category: Butterflies
Double Flowers: Bad News for Pollinators
Gardeners love double flowers. And why not? With their dense flowers jam-packed with petals, they really do stand out fromContinue Reading
A Carnivorous Butterfly
Most caterpillars (butterfly larvae) are vegetarian: they eat plants of one species or another (each caterpillar species has its preferences)…Continue Reading
Feed Creepy Caterpillars to Attract Beautiful Butterflies
Who doesn’t love butterflies? Every gardener wants to see them flitting above his or her flower beds during the summer: they’re justContinue Reading
Recognizing Butterfly Flowers at a Glance
Like all good pollinators, butterflies have preferences about the flowers they visit. In particular, most are less adept than beesContinue Reading
Monarch Butterflies are Back!
Congratulations, butterfly gardeners! You’re obviously doing a good job, since the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), whose numbers crashed drastically inContinue Reading