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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Not only do butterflies depend on a variety of nectar-rich plants to feed ... planting a variety of beautiful host plants to ...

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 ...