Butterfly watching

Swarms of monarch butterflies are migrating to Kansas earlier this spring because of the recent warm weather. Chip Taylor, professor of insect ecology, runs Monarch Watch out of Foley Hall on West Campus, which acts as a preserve for the study and surveying of butterflies in Lawrence. “I have never seen this many butterflies before this time of year, in this garden or anywhere in Kansas,” Taylor said. Within the past week, Taylor has seen a...  

After watching monarch chrysalises develop into butterflies in her backyard, Joan Calder combined her love of teaching and insects and wrote Airplanes in the Garden: Monarch Butterflies Take Flight.  

It's a butterfly explosion in my yard. There were around six cocoons that I know of and they all opened up with some Monarch butterflies. Here are some photos I managed to get of the new butterflies. SEE MORE BUTTERFLY PHOTOS> Mike McGuff Blog > Become a fan > Facebook profile > Twitter > Tumblr  

A Texas A&M researcher has found evidence that the population of Monarch butterflies continues to shrink. Craig Wilson is a senior research associate in the Center for Mathematics and Science Education and a longtime butterfly enthusiast. He says, according to reports from the World Wildlife Fund, Mexico’s Michoacan State and a host of private donors, that the numbers of Monarch butterflies that cross the state of Texas will be dramatically...  

I used to have dozens of monarch butterflies in my garden — now almost none. How can I attract them again? Research showed that the precipitous decline in monarchs a couple of years ago was mainly because of extreme weather, illegal logging in ...  

Many thanks to WMNF volunteer Gail Carroll, who planted a butterfly garden near the station's picnic table. The native plants she used to feed and attract butterflies are labeled, so you can see what they are if you're interested in planting so...  

All those eggs laid on milkweed by passing monarch butterflies have hatched, giving us many striped caterpillars on every plant, each growing larger with every passing hour. The milkweed wintered over, most in pots but some in the ground. In addition to our wild firewheels (gallardia), we now have a cultivated variety in bloom, with semidouble and very large flowers. Today brought our first  

I know, I know. You read Butterfly Garden and got all excited. But it's too early for all those winged beauties (our house releases them the first week of May and are available through September... I've yet to make the gardens during that time frame. I vow this year will be different!). That didn't stop us from touring the butterfly house while we waited for Bailey's egg hunting class. And it's a good thing we did because the turtles were out...  

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Pang Sida National Park in Sa Kaeo province is part of the Khao Yai-Dong Phaya Yen forests, hailed by Unesco as a World Heritage site. Around May-July every year, it becomes a heaven for butterfly watchers as Thailand's most butterfly-populated area with ...  

The butterflies themselves aren’t endangered, said University of Kansas Professor Chip Taylor, but their migration is because of threats in both Mexico and the United States. Taylor, who heads Monarch Watch, University of Kansas-based organization ...  

Monarch butterfly migration appears to be downKSAT San AntonioDALLAS (AP) — Springtime is prime time for watching the monarch butterflies that flutter from Mexico through Texas as they make their annual northbound journey. But the monarchs are dwindling. The Mexican monarch population was down 30 percent this ...and more »  

The loss of such lands is a critical factor in the Monarchs' survival, Wilson explains. "Chip Taylor, who is the director of Monarch Watch at the University of Kansas, estimates that 100 million acres of land have already been lost that previously ...  

Swarms of monarch butterflies are migrating to Kansas earlier this spring because of the recent warm weather. Chip Taylor, professor of insect ecology, runs Monarch Watch out of Foley Hall on West Campus, which acts as a preserve for the study ...  

MOBILE, Alabama-- Butterflies were released Friday from the butterfly gardens at E.R. Dickson Elementary School. According to Technology Support Teacher Lisa Morris, E.R. Dickson started the butterfly garden with simple pop up tents in 2003 and ...  

The annual nose, or proboscis, count of monarch butterflies wintering on the Monterey County coast showed an increase in numbers of the brilliantly colored bugs. The average number of monarchs at the Pacific Grove Monarch Sanctuary between ...  

... of third-graders at Seffner Elementary School has transformed an otherwise plain swath of the school's lawn into a colorful butterfly garden. The project incorporates classroom research on plants and butterflies, the math of setting up a ...  

Where To Go Butterfly Watching in the Bay AreaNBC Bay AreaFrom tiny gardens to large sanctuaries, the potential for butterfly watching in the Bay is ample and varied! Here's where you're sure to spot plenty of the many species that thrive in our area:  

... of third-graders at Seffner Elementary School has transformed an otherwise plain swathe of the school's lawn into a colorful butterfly garden. The project incorporates classroom research on plants and butterflies, the math of setting up a ...  

Butterfly Watching Takes OffArizona Public MediaSo she found a new focus--in butterflies. "Butterflies give you a new outlook for that sense of adventure of going out and finding what you can find," she says. SEABA organizes monthly programs, field trips and community outreach to encourage ...  

A couple days ago I spotted the first Monarch butterfly of the season on a dandelion. Of course, I didn't have a camera near and missed a perfect photo opportunity. Indigenous butterflies are early this year, like the dandelions, due to a spring start that ...  

When building a butterfly garden, it is important to remember that you need to have plants to feed the caterpillars and flowers that provide a lot of nectar. Remember, too, that butterflies like to touch down and splash around in some muddy water.  

Youth at the Little Willie Center planted a butterfly garden on Friday in celebration of Earth Day. The event was sponsored by U.S. Cellular at the Lucille W. Gorham Intergenerational Center. A butterfly garden, with plants and flowers that butterflies ...  

For a spring project that can get your family working and learning together — and also help some beautiful insects — try a backyard butterfly garden. With just a little planning, you can create an attractive and welcoming habitat for butterflies ...  

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As a lover of butterflies and grower of a butterfly garden, I think it is wrong a monarch caterpillar was used as the accompanying photo for Sunday’s Spaces article, “Be rid of garden bugs.” So what that monarch caterpillars eat certain foliage?  

Gardening for butterflies an education for entire familyHouston ChronicleButterflies emerged from the jade capsules, and the family saw the hanging insects ready their wings to fly. "Watching this life cycle occur up close has been fun for my family and me," he says. "My two sons, 10 and 12, have shown a lot of interest ...and more »  

Nursery owner attracts butterflies, hummingbirdsTbo.comZambito said the plants in her nursery require minimal maintenance and are easy to care of. "There is something pretty special about a butterfly floating around your head and watching lay their eggs and hatch into butterflies," Zambito said.  

Seattle Opera's First SimulcastKUOW NPRWhen the curtain goes up on the opening night of "Madama Butterfly", more than 2000 opera fans will be at McCaw Hall to see the show. And for the first time in Seattle Opera's history, as many as 8000 more people may be watching from Key Arena.and more »  

Margarete Johnson spends more than 300 hours a year in the butterfly garden tucked behind Foley Hall on Kansas University’s West Campus. “Being there in the garden is like being in church on Sunday morning,” she said. “It’s healing.”  

Days after their 22-year-old daughter, Amber, was killed in an Aug. 6 car accident, Karen found a pink beaded butterfly bracelet in her Davie home that her daughter had made. Amber loved butterflies and even had one tattooed on her shoulder.  

The youngest students at Warren County Christian School got a chance to spread their wings from day one. The students began an interdisciplinary unit on monarch butterflies on Aug. 24.  

Online, try bugguide.net or ... it can be like buying a car and getting carried away with all the extras. Don't overlook smaller, less costly nectar-producing flowers that will entice tiny but attractive butterflies, he added.  

The tagging of thousands of monarch butterflies has unearthed an unusual trend – they are staying south for winter.  

Then we started comparing notes on how many caterpillars we saw, and before we knew it we started having “happy hours” to compare notes on our new neighbors.  

The annual spring migration is a potentially treacherous one this year: Help the monarchs along with these recipes for butterfly food.