Painted Lady Caterpillar
Having discovered a fondness for insects while pursuing her degree in Biology, Randi Jones was quite bugged to know that people usually dismissed these little creatures as “creepy-crawlies”.
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List of Butterflies in Colorado
The following list of butterflies are found in Colorado. Clicking on the text link will show you a picture of the butterfly and which specific counties in Colorado the butterfly is found in. Each link also provides more information about the butterfly’s identification and life history. This will help you decide which Butterfly Nectar Plants and Butterfly Host Plants you will want…
Do Butterflies Migrate? Where Do They Go?
Have you heard of the Monarch butterfly migration? Well, other butterflies migrate too! There are many other species of butterflies that also migrate. For example, the Painted Lady, Common Buckeye, American Lady, Red Admiral, Cloudless Sulphur, Skipper, Sachem, Question Mark, Clouded Skipper, Fiery Skipper, and Mourning Cloak are all butterflies that migrate as well. There are different reasons…
Types of Butterfly
Crowned Hairstreak Blue Morpho Blue Swallowtail Checkerspot Clubtail Cyanea Claudina Indian Leaf Lace Wing Monarch Moon Dust Narcissus Nobilis Orange Tip Sulphur Red & Blue Prepona Red Austria Rusty Leaf Turquoise Demaphoon Yellow Bar Yellow White Randy Jones Having discovered a fondness for insects while pursuing her degree in Biology, Randi Jones was quite bugged…
Monarch Butterfly – The King of Butterflies and His Royal Family
The word monarch comes from the Greek words for one ruler. A human monarch is a king or queen who rules alone, without necessarily having to consult any other person though good ones have always surrounded themselves with people who could give them good advice. When human monarchs were selected (rather than simply inheriting their…
Red-Spotted Purple Butterfly Caterpillar
Randy Jones Having discovered a fondness for insects while pursuing her degree in Biology, Randi Jones was quite bugged to know that people usually dismissed these little creatures as “creepy-crawlies”. READ MORE: Butterfly Nectar Plants
Checkerspot Butterfly
The Bay checkerspot is a butterfly endemic to the San Francisco Bay region of the U.S. state of California. It is a federally threatened species. Since the 1980s the population of checkerspotshas been in serious decline. While the larvae are dependent on the host plants, mostly the dwarf plantain, for sustenance the adult butterflies live…
