Butterflies are distinguished from moths in being active during the day, having clubbed antennae and lacking a frenulum. Of the 700 species of butterflies that occur in North America, 74 occur in the ...

The “Butterflies and Moths of North America” website has been tracking where these cute creatures are found, and most of the sightings are west of the Mississippi with a couple of historical ...

No challenge is too much for these butterflies and moths. Beating the competition is everything ... with up to six successive generations spending their lives flying north. The painted lady recently ...

This column has focused on butterflies, but much of it is also relevant to moths, which are the other members of the Lepidoptera order of winged insects. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have ...

About 150 species of butterflies have been documented in ... It was once the most abundant bird in North America, numbering as many as 5 billion individuals. At its peak, no one would have thought ...

When RNZ visited the butterfly garden, there was a lone monarch butterfly among the flowers. Twigge said last year there would have been 20 to 25 of the butterflies flying around. He had never seen ...