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Author Archives: We Love Butterflies
Monarch Butterfly Population Recovers, But Still in Danger
Monarch butterfly colonies in Mexico have seemingly bounced back from last year, when bad storms decimated their numbers by 75 percent. The orange-and-black butterflies, which migrate from Canada and the U.S. to Mexico each year, have more than doubled since … Continue reading
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Swallowtail Butterfly Farms
Ever wonder what it takes to grow a hobby into a successful career, in a brand new industry? Throw in the uncontrollable challenges of nature, weather… and thousands of living creatures and you will find Jacob Goth’s Swallowtail Farms. Swallowtail … Continue reading
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Nature Conservancy: NY Butterfly Habitat to Expand
WILTON, N.Y. — Officials say they plan to expand an upstate New York habitat for the federally endangered Karner blue butterfly by 68 acres. Nature Conservancy officials announced they purchased property within the Wilton Wildlife Preserve and Park in Wilton, … Continue reading
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Cartels Have Effect on Mexico’s Monarchs
Effect of violence on tourism brings new threat to the insect’s survival EL ROSARIO, Mexico — A soft afternoon sunlight cuts into a chilly forest of firs that provides winter haven for tens of millions of monarch butterflies. As their … Continue reading
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Weather Gives Rare Butterfly a Boost on Exmoor
ONE of the country’s rarest butterflies is flourishing on Exmoor thanks to a return to more traditional seasonal weather over the past year. The heath fritillary butterfly is one of a host of British wildlife species benefiting from a return … Continue reading
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Two Ways to Save Butterflies
How can you farm or ranch butterflies? Planting, trying to round them up like cattle can be tricky. Butterfly farming could hold the key to survival of many endangered species around the world. In the wild, butterflies may expect to … Continue reading
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Runaway Pipevine – an Incubator for Swallowtail Butterflies
A beautiful garden plant, “Aristolochia elegans,” better known as Dutchman’s pipe, pipevine or calico flower is an aggressive climber. Pipevines apparently thrive on a lack of human intervention because this year’s growth is spectacular. The plant’s thin, green tendrils have … Continue reading
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Race to Save Magor Butterflies
Work is underway at Slade woodlands near Magor to help maintain and increase the population of some of the UK’s rarest and most endangered species of butterflies of which it plays host. A survey was recently carried out by the … Continue reading
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Free a Butterfly Hotel Package
IS THIS the world’s most romantic hotel? Las Ventanas al Paraiso, in Los Cabos, Mexico, takes the love life of its guests so seriously that it has a dedicated director of romance. Among the tricks the romantically-named Esmerelda Silva carries … Continue reading
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Pacific Grove Monarch Butterflies Are Back
Pacific Grove, California is eagerly awaiting the arrival of Monarch butterflies to its sanctuary, after only 10 butterflies showed up last year because of aggressive tree trimming. But good news so far this season, 120 butterflies were counted earlier this … Continue reading
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