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You may know the formula for a successful butterfly habitat: host plants for local butterflies and nectar sources too

After having a butterfly garden in Florida for over 20 years, I have observed that certain butterflies are more common than others. For...

Sometimes, the damage from the "J shape" caterpillar fall is permanent.

This post simplifies Florida (and US) butterfly identification into five families.

A pink butterfly chrysalis that looks similar to a monarch pupa is likely to be a different species.

If you have attracted butterflies to your garden by providing host plants, you have probably had the experience of disappearing caterpillars

This post aims to give a brief life history of the Giant Swallowtail butterfly in photos.

What do we do if our butterfly emerges in bad weather?

the biggest butterfly in the US is the female Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes).

Messages in Nature Humans make sense of things with metaphor, stories and connections. We navigate our world by what we have seen before...

Visiting a botanical garden brings me profound joy. If you are reading this, you can probably relate. My all-time favorite in Florida is...

This post is about the Ruddy Daggerwing (Marpesia petreus) butterfly, its life stages and where to find one.

One of my favorite things to do in Florida is visit a butterfly exhibit, here are my top 10 Butterfly Attractions.

Good News There was a time when I needed my faith to be defined by exact certainty, dogma and proof-texts. My world was black and white,...

The parallels between nature and life are everywhere. When we attempt to only allow the positive emotions, but eliminate the negative ones,

We learn much about God and existence by observing nature. Jesus told many parables and used natural processes in the lessons. For twenty...

There was a time when I needed my faith to be defined by exact certainty, dogma and proof-texts. My world was black and white, or at...

Here are common reasons that you aren't seeing butterflies in your garden.

Every fall, when we return to Florida from our Oregon summers, I am thrilled to see the first Zebra Longwing ( Heliconius charithonia)...

If you have ever visited a commercial or professionally orchestrated butterfly house, you know how amazing the experience can be. The...