Attracting Butterflies

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

If you want to help monarchs, you may ask what do monarch butterflies eat? Find out the answer and learn...

Do butterflies hibernate? Here's the answer. Also find out how your backyard bugs, like moths, dragonflies and beetles, spend the...

Watching butterflies is a delight at any age, but finding them can be a challenge. Get tips to make butterfly...

Learn which monarch butterfly predators and parasites pose a real threat to their survival, and which are part of the...

Some butterflies will actually visit hummingbird feeders! Learn more about offering fruit and sugar water for butterflies.

Honeyvine, or milkweed vine, is a native host plant for monarchs. But it can spread aggressively. Find out if it's...

Milkweed tussock moth caterpillars are some of the most interesting caterpillars you can find in the garden—just plant milkweed to...

Monarchs are among the most beautiful backyard visitors. Marvel at them with these gorgeous pictures of monarch butterflies.

A monarch caterpillar isn't hard to find if you know what to look for! Here's how to spot a caterpillar...

Study your punctuation and learn about the comma butterfly and question mark butterfly. Look at their wings to see how...

Should you avoid planting tropical milkweed for monarchs? See what garden experts say and find native milkweed varieties to grow...

For those living in arid climates, showy milkweed is a great way to help monarch butterflies. Here's how to grow...

Learn facts about the monarch butterfly, including how how to tell male and female monarchs apart and if monarchs are...

Worried about common milkweed taking over your garden? Swamp milkweed, or red milkweed, is less aggressive but good for monarchs.

Think you saw a yellow monarch butterfly? Learn how to stop making this butterfly blunder and see photos of yellow...

Think you saw a monarch? Look again. That orange pollinator might be a butterfly mimic. See the differences between a...

Look closely at your milkweed plants. Learn how to tell the difference between monarch butterfly eggs and aphids.

Find out how to raise monarch butterflies and and see what supplies you need. Plus, readers share tips and stories...

Celebrate the joy of butterflies by checking out beautiful butterfly pictures of monarchs, fritillaries, swallowtails and more.

Fill your herb garden with black swallowtail butterflies. Learn what the caterpillar, eggs and adult butterflies look like.

Fuzzy flower heads contain hundreds of tiny nectar-filled florets, attracting butterflies from near and far. See our favorite fuzzy blooms.

Butterfly expert Jaret Daniels lends his tips on how to attract butterflies, from growing host plants and nectar flowers to...

Follow the painted lady butterfly life cycle from egg to adult. Plus, learn how you can help painted ladies on...

Learn how to attract and identify a painted lady butterfly and caterpillar. Find out what they eat and what host...

Follow these simple steps and tips to create a gorgeous pollinator garden that butterflies, bees and birds will love to...

Discover where and when to find a mourning cloak butterfly and how to attract them. Also see what their wings...

Keep an eye out for the beautiful white peacock butterfly year-round in southeastern wetlands and fields. Also see what...

A giant swallowtail butterfly is large and stunning. Learn what what the caterpillars and adult butterflies look like and where...