Butterflies, like bees, play a crucial role in pollination by transferring pollen between flowers, aiding plant reproduction.

Wondering if those eggs or caterpillars on your herb plants are pests or beneficial wildlife? Identify a parsley caterpillar ...

Big, vibrant and abundant swallowtail butterflies bring a flurry of eye-catching activity to backyards across the United ...

It’s incredibly exciting to see butterflies ... to dried plant stems or tucked amongst leaf litter. Fritillary caterpillars burrow in leaf litter at the base of their host plants.

fluttering display in your garden for many months. While just about any flower with nectar can be a treat for butterflies, it is a slightly different story for caterpillar food or 'host' plants. In ...

You have probably seen this one’s bright butter-yellow flowers, the plants commonly very abundant ... botanists likened the flowers in shape to butterflies (and the flowers can thus be described ...

lavender Lavender attracts butterflies with its aromatic, purple flowers and abundant nectar, providing a delightful food source and a fragrant garden addition. Butterfly bushes attract butterflies ...

Water-hungry lawns are symbols of Los Angeles’ past. In this series, we spotlight yards with alternative, low-water landscaping built for the future. When Aurora Anaya bought her little Art Deco ...

Then she met a man at the farmers market who introduced her to the plants that help endangered monarch butterflies survive. "I left that conversation with my first milkweed plant and [Los Angeles ...