In 2017, FLORIDA TODAY ran an article ... and as a specimen plant. The Atala butterfly, Eumaeus atala, typically lays its eggs on the foliage of coontie plants. During her life, a single ...

Florida boasts a wealth of butterflies, bees and hummingbirds. But many of those critters are feasting on exotic nectar instead of ... s flowers are pinkish. Plants thrive and flower in sun ...

But Kerry Sheridan with WUSF reports a native Florida butterfly is ... A small black butterfly with wings just over an inch long eats nectar from a wildflower. CRAIG HUEGEL: You know, the thing ...

Craig Huegel smiled like a proud father as he gazed at a little black Atala butterfly ... coontie plants seemed to grow everywhere in the Florida wild, particularly along rivers’ edges.

The official hummingbird season in Florida lasts from early March to late ... To attract hummingbirds to your garden, choose plants with brightly colored or tubular flowers.

The new pollinator/butterfly garden at the Ann ... But there are many non-native Florida-friendly plants that also provide nectar, fruits, seeds, and habitat for birds and wildlife.

The Florida Museum’s spring plant sale will feature pollinator-friendly native, host, and nectar plants like butterfly weed, golden alexander, white indigo, and more. Unlike previous years ...

A native butterfly ... Florida butterfly is making a surprising comeback. (SOUNDBITE OF BIRD CHIRPING) KERRY SHERIDAN, BYLINE: A small black butterfly with wings just over an inch long eats nectar ...