He said the Schaus’ Swallowtail butterfly benefits because storms open up the canopy in the butterfly’s habitat. “That allows sun to penetrate to the forest floor, creates sort of an abundance of new ...

Some of the Atala butterfly’s favorite nectar plants include Spanish needles (Bidens alba), Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), Blue porterweed (Stachytarpheta jamaicensis), Wild coffee (Psychotria ...

Coreopsis is Florida’s state wildflower and there are 11 native species from which to choose. C. leavenworthii is the most common in our area and is easily found in the nursery trade.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — March 14 is National Butterfly Day and Florida is home to 125 species of native butterflies! On top of that, over 200 species migrate through over area every year.

The plants disappeared from the Florida landscape by the 1930s, and so did Atala butterflies. Then one day in 1979, a botanist named Roger Hammer was walking around on Virginia Key near Miami ...

There are about 338 species of hummingbirds, all are found in the Americas. About 16 species occur in the United State and only three in Florida.

Butterfly count numbers are often high at the Edison Estates because of their butterfly plants, both in the garden shop and in the gardens themselves. And those plants managed to weather Hurricane ...

A long-term survey of spring monarch butterflies in north-central Florida. Journal of Natural History, 2018; 52 (31-32): 2025 DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2018.1510057 ...

Some butterflies are disappearing — falling to factors like pesticide use and loss of habitat. A native butterfly is making a surprising comeback in Florida, where it was thought to be wiped out.