Category: Butterflies

One of the things you don’t necessarily think about when planting a butterfly garden is loss. It’s so exciting to concentrate on the new, beauty [...]

One of the things you quickly learn with a butterfly garden is the cycle of life can be intense. We have several milkweed stations. And [...]

I knew that installing a garden camera would lead to cool surprises. But this treat, I saw with my own two eyes, doing a simple [...]

When you design a butterfly garden, monarchs are likely a big draw at least to start with. There is so much out there about their [...]

Florida hosts up to 200 species of butterflies. Incredible right? And of all of those options, the Zebra Longing is the state butterfly. It is [...]

There are a lot of Swallowtail type butterflies in Florida. 10 varieties in fact. Swallowtails tend to be big and bold. I can stand across [...]

I love these butterflies. Love. They do not come often. When this one showed up I ran out with my camera hoping to get a [...]

This butterfly species started it all. I read about Milkweed rapidly declining. Monarchs were becoming sparse. We had a great spot to start a backyard [...]