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tawny-edged skipper butterfly
The Tawny-Edged Skipper Butterfly
The Tawny-edged Skipper butterfly is in the Lepidoptera family (butterflies and moths). Skippers were...
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Bog Copper butterfly
Bog Copper Butterflies
Bog Copper butterflies are found exclusively in bogs where wild cranberry, their host plant, grows. Bog...
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harris' checkerspot butterfly
The Harris' Checkerspot Butterfly In Your Garden
The Harris’ Checkerspot butterfly's larval host plant is a singular plant species, the Flat-topped Aster...
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the mourning cloak butterfly
The Mourning Cloak Butterfly In Your Garden
Mourning Cloaks may be the longest-lived butterflies, living 10 – 12 months. Mourning Cloak butterflies...
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the white admiral butterfly
The White Admiral Butterfly
The White Admiral butterfly is one of many species that rarely visit flowers for nutrition. The White...
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red admiral butterfly
The Red Admiral Butterfly In Your Garden
The Red Admiral butterfly is a migratory species like the Monarch butterfly. It is a large butterfly...
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northern azure butterfly
The Northern Azure Butterfly In Your Garden
The Northern Azure is a small blue butterfly that you can attract to your butterfly garden by planting...
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the viceroy butterfly
The Viceroy Butterfly In Your Garden
The Viceroy butterfly is a mimic in all stages of its life. As an adult, the Viceroy butterfly uses Mullerian...
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Monarch - Swamp Milkweed
The Monarch Butterfly In Your Garden
The Monarch butterfly is one of the world's most well-known and recognized butterfly species. This large...
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the great spangled fritillary butterfly
Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly In Your Garden
The Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly is in the Speyeria genus. There are fourteen species of Fritillary...
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