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Monarch butterflies are world famous for their striking colors and swarms! Read here to learn more about the swarms of these ...

It has been over a month since monarch butterflies left Mexico to return north, and as gentle or wispy as the appear, they cover ground quickly, and will soon arrive in Michigan. "Monarchs have ...

Seeing the enormous cabinets and extensive floor displays of butterflies and other insects on the museum’s fifth floor, Akito was thrilled, but what really captured his attention was an ...

The monarch butterflies are starting to come through San Antonio and the rest of Central Texas on their migration from Mexico to Canada. If you have milkweed growing in your landscape or area ...

What’s the difference between moths and butterflies, in evolutionary terms? — David Hayes | Baltimore, Maryland Night and day—literally. Most moths are nocturnal; butterflies are essentially ...

Last year was one of the worst years on record for butterflies, according to the results of Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count. Experts at the organisation say mixed lengths of grass are ...

The Museum’s digitisation team has undertaken a year-long project to digitise the giant butterfly-moths, also known as the Castniidae collection. Digitiser Glory Turnbull shares more. The Museum holds ...

Shortly afterwards lorries arrive to take these treasures away to safety. Pompey inquires about the butterflies that have so entranced him, and finds they are even more special than he’d realised.

Moths also tend to have stouter, furrier bodies than the more slender butterflies, an adaptation that helps them retain heat during cool nights. When at rest, butterflies typically hold their wings ...