Common milkweed provides nectar for butterflies, and is the only food source for monarch caterpillars, but is it right for ...

Can butterflies hear, and if so, where are their ears? Approximately 50 species of wood nymphs are recognized in North America, and they are in the family Nymphalidae, composed of about 6,000 species.

A parent butterfly species called Heliconius pardalinus. ... They are a common model for studying how butterfly wing patterns evolved due to the wide variety of wings within the group.

In light of habitat loss and population decline, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service may give monarch butterflies a slot under the Endangered Species Act by December. The species, which was once ...

It appears, he said, that while butterflies may have been scarce around Memorial Day, whatever eggs that sparser generation ...

To take part, first you need to ask a grown-up to go onto the Big Butterfly Count website. You can then go out together, and ...

Swallowtails, skippers, painted ladies, common buckeyes and admirals could all use our help. ... Typically, about 150 butterfly species will show up in Wisconsin each season, ...

Seven butterfly species found in Maine are experiencing some of the fastest population declines in the U.S. These species, with fanciful names like Dreamy Duskywing and Coral Hairstreak, saw their ...